vverb.cognitionmake free from confusion or ambiguity; make clearSynset:clear clear up 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
vverb.changecause to form crystals or assume crystalline formTopic:natural philosophyphysics
Synset:crystalise crystalize crystallise crystallize
Derivationally Related Form:crystallizationcrystallizingcrystalcrystallisation
Hypernyms:change integrity
Inherited Hypernyms:crystallizechange integritychange
Causes:crystalise crystalize crystallize effloresce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changecause to take on a definite and clear shapeSynset:crystalise crystalize crystallise crystallize
Examples:- He tried to crystallize his thoughts
Derivationally Related Form:crystallization
Hypernyms:form shape
Inherited Hypernyms:crystallizeshapechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adjadj.allhaving become fixed and definite in formSynset:crystallized
Examples:- distinguish between crystallized and uncrystallized opinion - Psychological Abstracts
Antonyms:uncrystallized
Inherited Hypernyms:crystallized