"Straightens" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
Makes something become or be straight; puts or sets something in a straight position.
1. The yoga instructor showed her student how to straighten her back by relaxing her shoulders.
2. The hanger on the clothesline kept straightening the ironed shirts to prevent creasing.
3. The ergonomic chair’s design ensured that office workers can maintain a good posture and straighten their spines.
4. She had to straighten her hair after it got frizzy in the humid weather.
5. The level tool helps carpenters to make sure the walls are perfectly straightened before installing the cabinets.
A straightedge is a straightedge device, typically a ruler or a straightedge, used as a drawing aid to make precise lines and markings. It is an edge or a surface without any dents or irregularities that allows for making accurate straight lines on paper or other surfaces.
An electrical appliance used to style and smooth hair by applying heat to straighten or smooth out its natural texture, often used for curly or wavy hair.
Straighteners are an appliance used to make hair perfectly straight and sleek. They consist of metal plates that grip onto the hair and when heated, they heat up to a high temperature, which straightens the hair by breaking down the keratin bonds and laying the hair flat.
The act of making something straight, or becoming straight, in shape, direction, or condition. A device used to make something straight, especially an appliance used to smooth out curls or waviness in hair.
Straightfaced refers to a person or expression that remains completely serious and unsmiling, often in a situation where it would be normal to be amused or humorous. It can also mean being frank and sincere, without any attempt to hide one's true feelings or intentions.
Straightforwardness refers to the quality of being direct, clear, and honest in one's words or actions, without complexity, ambiguity, or deceit. It involves being straightforward and transparent, without beating around the bush or using evasive language.
A straightjacket is a garment resembling a long, tight, and enclosing jacket that helps restrain a person, often for therapeutic, medical, or safety reasons, but more commonly associated with being used as a medical device to restrain a person, usually as a treatment for insanity or as a method to control violent behavior.<br><br>It can also have a broader figurative meaning, referring to a restrictive or oppressive system, policy, or set of rules that limits a person's freedom or creativity.