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выпрямлять — meaning in English

vypryamlyat

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English meaning

  • erect adjective Standing straight up; upright rather than leaning or bent over.
  • rectify verb To correct a mistake or fix a problem.
  • right adj Correct, true, or in accordance with fact or good judgment.
  • straighten verb To make something straight, or to become straight.

Senses

выпрямлять is used for these senses in English:

  • erect (transitive) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
  • rectify (transitive, electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current. [from 19th c.]
  • right (transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
  • straighten (transitive) To cause to become straight.

erect — full definition

  1. adjective Standing straight up; upright rather than leaning or bent over.
  2. adjective Of a penis or clitoris: stiff and swollen with blood, as a result of sexual arousal.
  3. verb To build or put up (a structure), typically by fitting the parts together.
  4. verb To set something upright, or establish something such as an organization or system.

rectify — full definition

  1. verb To correct a mistake or fix a problem.
  2. verb In electronics, to convert alternating current into direct current.

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