vverb.communicationmake clear and (more) comprehensibleSynset:clarify elucidate
Examples:- clarify the mystery surrounding her death
Antonyms:obfuscate
Derivationally Related Form:elucidativelucidityelucidationclarification
Hypernyms:explain explicate
Inherited Hypernyms:clarifyexplaininformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:clearclear upcrystalisecrystalizecrystallisecrystallizedemystifydilatedisambiguateelaborateelucidateenlargeenlightenexpandexpatiateexpositexpoundflesh outilluminatelucubrateshed light onsort outstraighten out
Full Troponyms:actualizeblock outcleardelineatedemystifydescribedetaildisambiguateelaborateexemplifypremiserepresentset forthsketchspecifyspell outsymbolize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changefinish a task completelySynset:finish off finish up get through mop up polish off wrap up
Examples:- I finally got through this homework assignment
Derivationally Related Form:mop up
Hypernyms:complete finish
Inherited Hypernyms:get throughcompleteendchange
Direct Hyponyms:cap off
Full Troponyms:cap off
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changefree (the throat) by making a rasping soundSynset:clear
Hypernyms:remove take take away withdraw
Inherited Hypernyms:clearremove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.weatherbecome clearSynset:brighten clear light up
Examples:- The sky cleared after the storm
Antonyms:overcast
Inherited Hypernyms:clear up
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | It is ---ing
vverb.cognitionmake free from confusion or ambiguity; make clearSynset:clear crystalise crystalize crystallise crystallize elucidate enlighten illuminate shed light on sort out straighten out
Examples:- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
Derivationally Related Form:elucidativelucidityelucidationillumination
Hypernyms:clarify clear up elucidate
Inherited Hypernyms:clearclarifyexplaininformcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something