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unstraighten

unstraighten verb: to rearrange or reposition something so that it is no longer straight.

Verb

unstraighten (third-person singular simple present unstraightens, present participle unstraightening, simple past and past participle unstraightened)

  1. (transitive) To rearrange or reposition something so that it is no longer straight.

Forms of unstraighten

third-person singular presentunstraightens
present participleunstraightening
past participleunstraightened
pastunstraightened

Origin of unstraighten

From un- + straighten.

Questions about unstraighten

What does unstraighten mean?
Unstraighten means to rearrange or reposition something so that it is no longer straight.
What part of speech is unstraighten?
Unstraighten is a verb.
What is the past tense of unstraighten?
The past tense of unstraighten is unstraightened.

Words near unstraighten in the dictionary

  1. unstraddled
  2. unstraddles
  3. unstraddling
  4. unstrafed
  5. unstraight
  6. unstraighten
  7. unstraightenable
  8. unstraightened
  9. unstraightening
  10. unstraightens
  11. unstraightforward

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