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Verb: align  u'lIn
  1. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
    "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
    - aline [non-standard], line up, adjust
     
  2. Be or come into adjustment with
     
  3. Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
    - array
     
  4. Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation
    "align the wheels of my car"
    - ordinate, coordinate

Derived forms: aligns, aligning, aligned

See also: alignment

Type of: adjust, agree, check, correct, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, reorient, set, stand, tally

Antonym: skew

Encyclopedia: Align