clear up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make clear and (more) comprehensible
clarify the mystery surrounding her death
Types & categories
- explain hypernym
- demystify hyponym
- crystallise hyponym
- elaborate hyponym
- disambiguate hyponym
Related & opposite
- obfuscate antonym
- clearness derivation
- clarification derivation
- elucidation derivation
- clarifying derivation
Sense 2 verb
finish a task completely
I finally got through this homework assignment
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- windup derivation
Sense 3 verb
free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
Clear the throat
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Sense 4 verb
become clear
The sky cleared after the storm
Related & opposite
- overcast antonym
Sense 5 verb
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Could you clarify these remarks?
Types & categories
- clear up hypernym
Related & opposite
- clearness derivation
- clarification derivation
- elucidation derivation
- lucidity derivation
- clarifying derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | obfuscate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clearness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clarification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elucidation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clarifying |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | explain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | demystify |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crystallise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | elaborate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disambiguate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | windup |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | finish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cap off |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | overcast |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | clearness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | clarification |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | elucidation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lucidity |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | clarifying |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | clear up |