'Straighting' definitions:
Definition of 'Straighting'
From: GCIDE
- Straighten \Straight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Straighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Straighting.]
- 1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account. [1913 Webster]
- To straighten one's face, to cease laughing or smiling, etc., and compose one's features. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Straighting'
- Straight,
- Straighted,
- Straightly,
- Straightness,
- straight off,
- straight out,
- A straight face,
- A straight line,
- Straight arch,
- Straight ticket,
- Straight-out,
- go straight,
- put straight,
- set straight,
- straight and narrow,
- straight angle,
- straight arrow,
- straight chain,
- straight chair,
- straight face,
- straight faced,
- straight flush,
- straight flute,
- straight hang,
- straight line,
- straight man,
- straight person,
- straight pin,
- straight poker,
- straight razor,
- straight shooter,
- straight shooting,
- straight sinus,
- straight thrust,
- Straight-joint,
- Straight-lined,
- Straight-pight,
- Straight-spoken,
- To draw a straight furrow,
- straight life insurance,
- straight-arm,
- straight-backed,
- straight-billed,
- straight-from-the-shoulder,
- straight-grained,
- straight-laced,
- straight-legged,
- Projection of a straight line of a plane,
- Straight-way valve,
- straight-fluted drill,
- straight-line method,
- straight-line method of depreciation