straighteningn.

/ˈstreɪt(ə)nɪŋ/

Etymology: < straighten v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of the verb, in various senses. Also with out.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun]

keyeOE

undoinga1330

expositiona1340

declarationc1374

declaringc1374

clearingc1380

expoundingc1380

explanationa1382

interpretation1382

exploitingc1390

unfolding1483

explicating1531

explication1537

clearance?1548

elucidation1570

explaining1576

manifestation1576

untwining1577

illustration1581

untwisting1591

eviscerating1599

unclouding1601

enodation1603

opening1611

dilucidation1615

unsnarling1640

declarement1646

enucleation1650

illumination1656

dilucidatinga1660

luciferousness1665

clarifying1677

unravelling1713

disentanglement1751

exegesis1770

disambiguation1827

evisceration1831

keyword1848

clarificationa1866

exponence1880

exponency1880

straightening1900

demystification1964

1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 274 The Space is taken up by the straightning of the Roof.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 881 Whereby he effects..the straightening of the wires [for needles].

1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career i. 1 Bearing the doctor in his gig, and stopping here and there at the houses of his patients without the straightening of a rein.

1884 Manch. Examiner 29 Sept. 5/3 Their project contemplates the deepening, widening, and straightening of the rivers Mersey and Irwell.

1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Straightening, putting rails under the press to straighten them when they have become bent in cooling.

1900 ‘M. Twain’ in McClure's Mag. XIV. 287/1 With this straightening-out and classification of the dreamer's position to help us, perhaps we can put ourselves in his place.

1916 Med. Press & Circular 10 May 421/2 Nothing can be more reprehensible than the repeated straightening of the uterus by means of the uterine sound.

1978 S. Brill Teamsters vi. 226 She went to a friend of Arnie's who she thought was straight..and asked him to talk to Arnie for her about straightening out.

b. attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > straightness > [noun] > making straight

straightening1688

alignment1829

dekinking1936

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 387/1 Instruments of the Needle~makers:..a Streightning file.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 388/2 Tools in much use with the Horn-maker;..the Streightning-Tongs.

1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.P 6. 4 The action of the straightening mandrel.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 868/2 Straightening Block, the anvil on which buckled saws are straightened.

Draft additions September 2013

straightening iron n. (a) any of various iron tools used for straightening or shaping (now rare); (b) Hairdressing a device for straightening hair, now typically in the form of tongs holding two electrically heated plates between which the hair is pressed (also in plural).

ΚΠ

1843 C. A. Feiling & A. Heimann Flügel's Compl. German & Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II. 482/2 Richt..—eisen, straightening iron (tool).

1912 Handbk. for Use of Sealers of Weights & Meas. (ed. 4) 13 The table or workbench should be provided with a vise, a sealer's anvil and straightening iron, and a small vertical drill.

1917 Chicago Defender 16 June (advt.) The Star Hair Grower... Can be used with or without straightening irons.

1929 N.Y. Amsterdam News 15 May 7/7 Some use the curling iron, some use the straightening iron and some use both.

1933 Machinery (N.Y.) Feb. 400/1 In a jobbing shop the straightening iron shown in the illustration is used for hammering bends out of rods and pipes.

1996 Daily Record (Glasgow) 10 Sept. 13 Ellen twisted the hair and held the heated straightening irons on for a couple of seconds.

2005 M. O'Connor Bitch Posse xix. 148 Rennie rushes to the bathroom and plugs in the straightening iron.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	straightening
释义	straighteningn. /ˈstreɪt(ə)nɪŋ/ Etymology: < straighten v. + -ing suffix¹. a. The action of the verb, in various senses. Also with out. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] keyeOE undoinga1330 expositiona1340 declarationc1374 declaringc1374 clearingc1380 expoundingc1380 explanationa1382 interpretation1382 exploitingc1390 unfolding1483 explicating1531 explication1537 clearance?1548 elucidation1570 explaining1576 manifestation1576 untwining1577 illustration1581 untwisting1591 eviscerating1599 unclouding1601 enodation1603 opening1611 dilucidation1615 unsnarling1640 declarement1646 enucleation1650 illumination1656 dilucidatinga1660 luciferousness1665 clarifying1677 unravelling1713 disentanglement1751 exegesis1770 disambiguation1827 evisceration1831 keyword1848 clarificationa1866 exponence1880 exponency1880 straightening1900 demystification1964 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 274 The Space is taken up by the straightning of the Roof. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 881 Whereby he effects..the straightening of the wires [for needles]. 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career i. 1 Bearing the doctor in his gig, and stopping here and there at the houses of his patients without the straightening of a rein. 1884 Manch. Examiner 29 Sept. 5/3 Their project contemplates the deepening, widening, and straightening of the rivers Mersey and Irwell. 1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Straightening, putting rails under the press to straighten them when they have become bent in cooling. 1900 ‘M. Twain’ in McClure's Mag. XIV. 287/1 With this straightening-out and classification of the dreamer's position to help us, perhaps we can put ourselves in his place. 1916 Med. Press & Circular 10 May 421/2 Nothing can be more reprehensible than the repeated straightening of the uterus by means of the uterine sound. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters vi. 226 She went to a friend of Arnie's who she thought was straight..and asked him to talk to Arnie for her about straightening out. b. attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > straightness > [noun] > making straight straightening1688 alignment1829 dekinking1936 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 387/1 Instruments of the Needle~makers:..a Streightning file. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 388/2 Tools in much use with the Horn-maker;..the Streightning-Tongs. 1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.P 6. 4 The action of the straightening mandrel. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 868/2 Straightening Block, the anvil on which buckled saws are straightened. Draft additions September 2013 straightening iron n. (a) any of various iron tools used for straightening or shaping (now rare); (b) Hairdressing a device for straightening hair, now typically in the form of tongs holding two electrically heated plates between which the hair is pressed (also in plural). ΚΠ 1843 C. A. Feiling & A. Heimann Flügel's Compl. German & Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II. 482/2 Richt..—eisen, straightening iron (tool). 1912 Handbk. for Use of Sealers of Weights & Meas. (ed. 4) 13 The table or workbench should be provided with a vise, a sealer's anvil and straightening iron, and a small vertical drill. 1917 Chicago Defender 16 June (advt.) The Star Hair Grower... Can be used with or without straightening irons. 1929 N.Y. Amsterdam News 15 May 7/7 Some use the curling iron, some use the straightening iron and some use both. 1933 Machinery (N.Y.) Feb. 400/1 In a jobbing shop the straightening iron shown in the illustration is used for hammering bends out of rods and pipes. 1996 Daily Record (Glasgow) 10 Sept. 13 Ellen twisted the hair and held the heated straightening irons on for a couple of seconds. 2005 M. O'Connor Bitch Posse xix. 148 Rennie rushes to the bathroom and plugs in the straightening iron. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020). straighteningadj. /ˈstreɪt(ə)nɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix². That makes or becomes straight. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > straightness > [adjective] > becoming straight straightening1850 1850 W. C. Bennett Baby May in Poems 11 Clutching fingers; straightening jerks. 1894 Outing 24 440/1 An ear that is jarred by the twang of a straightening blade of grass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1688adj.1850
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straighteningn.

Draft additions September 2013

straighteningadj.