clear up

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verb

1. make clear and (more) comprehensible (Freq. 3)
- clarify the mystery surrounding her death
• Syn:
clarify, elucidate
• Ant:
obfuscate (for: clarify)
• Derivationally related forms:
elucidative (for: elucidate), lucidity (for: elucidate), elucidation (for: elucidate), clarification (for: clarify)
• Hypernyms:
explain, explicate
• Hyponyms:
demystify, clear, 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. finish a task completely (Freq. 1)
- I finally got through this homework assignment
• Syn:
get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, finish up
• Derivationally related forms:
mop up (for: mop up)
• Hypernyms:
complete, finish
• Hyponyms:
cap off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. free (the throat) by making a rasping sound (Freq. 1)
- Clear the throat
• Syn:
clear
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. become clear
- The sky cleared after the storm
• Syn:
clear, light up, brighten
• Ant:
overcast
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- It is ----ing
5. make free from confusion or ambiguity;
make clear
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
• Syn:
clear, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize,
crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
• Derivationally related forms:
elucidative (for: elucidate), lucidity (for: elucidate), elucidation (for: elucidate), illumination (for: illuminate)
• Hypernyms:
clarify, elucidate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something