Usually means: Makes something flat or even.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word straightens:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. straightens: Merriam-Webster
  2. straightens: Collins English Dictionary
  3. straightens: Vocabulary.com
  4. straightens: Wordnik
  5. straightens: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. straightens: Wiktionary
  7. straightens: Dictionary.com
  8. straightens: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. straightens: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. straightens: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. straightens: Idioms

(Note: See straighten as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (straighten)

verb:  (transitive) To cause to become straight.
verb:  (intransitive) To become straight.
verb:  (transitive) To put in order; to sort; to tidy up.
verb:  (transitive) To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience).
verb:  (transitive, slang) To bribe or corrupt.
verb:  (intransitive) To stand up, especially from a sitting position.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To make heterosexual.
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