clarify

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verb

1. make clear and (more) comprehensible (Freq. 3)
- clarify the mystery surrounding her death
• Syn:
clear up, elucidate
• Ant:
obfuscate
• Derivationally related forms:
elucidative (for: elucidate), lucidity (for: elucidate), elucidation (for: elucidate), clarification
• Hypernyms:
explain, explicate
• Hyponyms:
demystify, clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize,
crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten,
illuminate, elucidate, elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit,
enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate, disambiguate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
- clarify the butter
- clarify beer
• Derivationally related forms:
clarification
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  clear up, elucidate