vverb.changemake lighter or brighterSynset:illume illumine light light up
Examples:- This lamp lightens the room a bit
Derivationally Related Form:lightilluminantillumination
Hypernyms:lighten lighten up
Inherited Hypernyms:lightlightenchange
Direct Hyponyms:floodlightspotlight
Full Troponyms:floodlightspotlight
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.cognitionmake free from confusion or ambiguity; make clearSynset:clear clear up crystalise crystalize crystallise crystallize elucidate enlighten 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.creationadd embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)Topic:artartistic creationartistic production
Derivationally Related Form:illumination
Hypernyms:adorn beautify decorate embellish grace ornament
Inherited Hypernyms:illuminatedecoratechange
Direct Hyponyms:miniaterubricate
Entailment:paint
Full Troponyms:miniate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something