英语词汇“neaten”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To neaten is to tidy up or to clean. You can neaten your room by making your bed and throwing your dirty clothes in the laundry basket.

When you turn disorder into order, you neaten. You might neaten your car by throwing away the accumulated soda cans and brushing crumbs off the seats, or neaten your outfit by straightening your tie and tucking in your shirt. Neaten comes from neat, "tidy or clean," from the Middle French net, "clear or pure." The root is the Latin nitere, "to shine."

WORD FAMILY

neat: neaten, neater, neatest, neatly, neatness+/neatness: neatnesses

USAGE EXAMPLES

Some urban-farm designers attempt to neaten up the image with colourful geometric plant displays next to street cafes and on rooftops.

Nature(Dec 20, 2016)

Place the finished roulade seam down and trim the ends to neaten it.

The Guardian(Jan 17, 2016)

I would neaten myself up and tell them I could work whatever hours they wanted.

The Guardian(Feb 27, 2013)

1v put (things or places) in order

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

clean up, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up

make, make up

put in order or neaten

clean, clean house, houseclean

clean and tidy up the house

G.I., GI

clean in preparation for inspection

spring-clean

thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year

order

bring order to or into

2v care for one's external appearance

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

groom

clean, cleanse

clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing

shave

remove body hair with a razor

comb, comb out, disentangle

smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set

arrange attractively

gel, mousse

apply a styling gel to

pomade

apply pomade to (hair)

clean up

make oneself clean, presentable or neat

make up

apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier

manicure

care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.

barber

perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of

pedicure

care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.

do up, doll up, glam up, pretty up

use special care in dressing, making-up, etc.

slick up, smarten up, spruce, spruce up

dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion

perfume, scent

apply perfume to

bathe

cleanse the entire body

wash

to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

lave, wash

cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

lather, soap

rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning

razor

shave with a razor

tonsure

shave the head of a newly inducted monk

bath, bathe

clean one's body by immersion into water

douche

direct a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning

sleek down, slick, slick down

give a smooth and glossy appearance

bob

cut hair in the style of a bob

wave

set waves in

fluff, tease

ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

highlight

apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent

lipstick

apply lipstick to

rouge

redden by applying rouge to

floss

use dental floss to clean

powder

apply powder to

decontaminate

rid of contamination

beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify

make more beautiful

单词	neaten
释义	neaten (once / 3939771 pages) v To neaten is to tidy up or to clean. You can neaten your room by making your bed and throwing your dirty clothes in the laundry basket. When you turn disorder into order, you neaten. You might neaten your car by throwing away the accumulated soda cans and brushing crumbs off the seats, or neaten your outfit by straightening your tie and tucking in your shirt. Neaten comes from neat, "tidy or clean," from the Middle French net, "clear or pure." The root is the Latin nitere, "to shine." WORD FAMILY neat: neaten, neater, neatest, neatly, neatness+/neatness: neatnesses USAGE EXAMPLES Some urban-farm designers attempt to neaten up the image with colourful geometric plant displays next to street cafes and on rooftops. Nature(Dec 20, 2016) Place the finished roulade seam down and trim the ends to neaten it. The Guardian(Jan 17, 2016) I would neaten myself up and tell them I could work whatever hours they wanted. The Guardian(Feb 27, 2013) 1v put (things or places) in order Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper clean up, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up make, make up put in order or neaten clean, clean house, houseclean clean and tidy up the house G.I., GI clean in preparation for inspection spring-clean thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year order bring order to or into 2v care for one's external appearance Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper groom clean, cleanse clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing shave remove body hair with a razor comb, comb out, disentangle smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set arrange attractively gel, mousse apply a styling gel to pomade apply pomade to (hair) clean up make oneself clean, presentable or neat make up apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier manicure care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc. barber perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of pedicure care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc. do up, doll up, glam up, pretty up use special care in dressing, making-up, etc. slick up, smarten up, spruce, spruce up dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion perfume, scent apply perfume to bathe cleanse the entire body wash to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking lave, wash cleanse (one's body) with soap and water lather, soap rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning razor shave with a razor tonsure shave the head of a newly inducted monk bath, bathe clean one's body by immersion into water douche direct a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning sleek down, slick, slick down give a smooth and glossy appearance bob cut hair in the style of a bob wave set waves in fluff, tease ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect highlight apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent lipstick apply lipstick to rouge redden by applying rouge to floss use dental floss to clean powder apply powder to decontaminate rid of contamination beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify make more beautiful
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