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clear up
Overview of verb clear-up
The verb clear up has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (3) clarify, clear up, elucidate -- (make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death")
2. (1) get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up -- (finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment")
3. (1) clear, clear up -- (free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat")
4. clear up, clear, light up, brighten -- (become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm")
5. clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate -- (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault")
Antonyms of verb clear-up
1 of 5 senses of clear up
Sense 4
clear up, clear, light up, brighten
Antonym of overcast (Sense 1)
=>overcast, cloud
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb clear-up
5 senses of clear up
Sense 1
clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> explain, explicate
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up
=> complete, finish
=> end, terminate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
clear, clear up
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 4
clear up, clear, light up, brighten
Sense 5
clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
=> clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> explain, explicate
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb clear-up
2 of 5 senses of clear up
Sense 1
clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> demystify
=> clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
=> elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> disambiguate
Sense 2
get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up
=> cap off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb clear-up
5 senses of clear up
Sense 1
clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> explain, explicate
Sense 2
get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up
=> complete, finish
Sense 3
clear, clear up
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 4
clear up, clear, light up, brighten
Sense 5
clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
=> clarify, clear up, elucidate
'Cause To' of verb clear-up
Derived Forms of verb clear-up
Domain of verb clear-up
Domain Terms of verb clear-up
Familiarity of verb clear-up
clear up used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb clear-up
5 senses of clear up
Sense 1
clarify, clear up, elucidate
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
clear, clear up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
clear up, clear, light up, brighten
*> Something ----s
*> It is ----ing
Sense 5
clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb clear-up
4 of 5 senses of clear up
Sense 1
clarify, clear up, elucidate
> explain, explicate
=> rede, interpret
=> account for
=> naturalize
=> clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> comment
Sense 2
get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up
> complete, finish
=> close
=> top, top off
=> get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up
=> see through
=> round out, finish out
=> follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through
=> carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil
Sense 3
clear, clear up
> remove, take, take away, withdraw
=> epilate, depilate
=> harvest
=> tip
=> stem
=> extirpate
=> enucleate
=> exenterate
=> enucleate
=> decorticate
=> bail
=> strip, undress, divest, disinvest
=> ablate
=> clean, pick
=> clean
=> winnow
=> unbrace
=> pick
=> clear, clear up
=> muck
=> lift
=> lift
=> lift
=> tear away, tear off
=> take off
=> take away, take out
=> pit, stone
=> seed
=> unhinge
=> shuck
=> hull
=> crumb
=> chip away, chip away at
=> burl
=> knock out
=> scavenge, clean
=> hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise
=> degas
=> husk, shell
=> bur, burr
=> clear off, clear away
=> flick
=> strip, dismantle
=> strip
=> clear
=> defang
=> bone, debone
=> disembowel, eviscerate, draw
=> shell
=> shuck
=> tusk, detusk
=> dehorn
=> scalp
=> weed
=> condense
=> bail out, bale out
=> leach, strip
=> decalcify
=> detoxify, detoxicate
=> de-ionate
=> de-iodinate
=> decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke
=> delouse
=> ream
=> brush
=> wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
=> desorb
=> pull
=> demineralize, demineralise
=> eliminate
=> expectorate, clear out, drive out
=> defuse
=> dredge
=> wear away, wear off
=> amputate, cut off
=> resect, eviscerate
=> skim, skim off, cream off, cream
=> strip
=> strip
=> scale, descale
=> circumcise
=> undock
=> dig, delve, cut into, turn over
=> excavate, dig, hollow
=> scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
=> extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
=> take out
=> unstring
=> string
=> wipe off, wipe away
=> take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off
=> unveil
=> unpack, take out
=> unburden, disburden
=> empty
=> discharge
=> unsaddle, offsaddle
=> shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
=> dislodge, free
=> clean
=> aspirate, draw out, suck out
=> delete, cancel
=> ladle, lade, laden
=> spoon
=> gut
=> head
=> draw off, draw away, pull off
=> clean, strip
=> draw, take out
=> draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
=> leach
=> draw
=> withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
Sense 5
clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
> clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> demystify
=> clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
=> elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> disambiguate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb clear-up
Sense 1
clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> explain, explicate
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Sense 2
get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up
=> complete, finish
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Sense 3
clear, clear up
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Sense 4
clear up, clear, light up, brighten
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Sense 5
clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
=> clarify, clear up, elucidate
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