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• CLEAR UP (verb)
Meaning:
Make clear and (more) comprehensible
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
elucidate; clear up; clarify
Context example:
clarify the mystery surrounding her death
Hypernyms (to "clear up" is one way to...):
explain; explicate (make plain and comprehensible)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clear up"):
demystify (make less mysterious or remove the mystery from)
clear; clear up; crystalise; crystalize; crystallise; crystallize; elucidate; enlighten; illuminate; shed light on; sort out; straighten out (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear)
dilate; elaborate; enlarge; expand; expatiate; exposit; expound; flesh out; lucubrate (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing)
disambiguate (state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Finish a task completely
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
polish off; get through; finish up; finish off; clear up; wrap up; mop up
Context example:
I finally got through this homework assignment
Hypernyms (to "clear up" is one way to...):
complete; finish (come or bring to a finish or an end)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clear up"):
cap off (finish or complete, as with some decisive action)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
clear up; clear
Context example:
Clear the throat
Hypernyms (to "clear up" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Become clear
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Synonyms:
brighten; clear; light up; clear up
Context example:
The sky cleared after the storm
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
It is ----ing
Antonym:
overcast (make overcast or cloudy)
Meaning:
Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
crystallise; crystalize; crystalise; shed light on; sort out; illuminate; elucidate; crystallize; enlighten; clear up; straighten out; clear
Context examples:
Could you clarify these remarks? / Clear up the question of who is at fault
Hypernyms (to "clear up" is one way to...):
clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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