make clear (verb)

  • 1clear up — verb 1. make clear and (more) comprehensible (Freq. 3) clarify the mystery surrounding her death • Syn: ↑clarify, ↑elucidate • Ant: ↑obfuscate (for: ↑ …

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  • 2make off — verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along The thief made off with our silver the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe • Syn: ↑abscond, ↑bolt, ↑absquatulate, ↑decamp, ↑run off, ↑go off …

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  • 3clear — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English clere, from Anglo French cler, from Latin clarus clear, bright; akin to Latin calare to call more at low Date: 13th century 1. a. bright, luminous b. cloudless; specifically less than one tenth covered …

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  • 4clear — /klɪə / (say klear) adjective 1. free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light. 2. bright; shining. 3. transparent; pellucid: good, clear wine. 4. of a pure, even colour: a clear complexion. 5. distinctly perceptible to the eye, ear, or… …

  • 5clear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. clear cut, plain, sharp, understandable; fair, unclouded, cloudless, fine; open, evident; lucid, pellucid, transparent, limpid; liquid, pure, silvery; innocent. v. clarify; extricate, free; realize …

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  • 6clear up — I explain, resolve. See answer. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To become clear; said especially of weather ] Syn. clear, blow over, stop raining, stop snowing, stop storming, lapse, run its course, pass, pass away, die down, pick up, lift, break, become… …

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  • 7clear away — verb remove from sight • Syn: ↑clear off • Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …

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  • 8make — make, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {made} (m[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak?n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. {Match} an equal.] 1. To cause to …

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  • 9clear the air — verb dispel differences or negative emotions The group called a meeting to finally clear the air • Hypernyms: ↑chase away, ↑drive out, ↑turn back, ↑drive away, ↑dispel, ↑drive off, ↑run off …

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  • 10make way — verb get out of the way (Freq. 3) make way for the President s motorcade • Hypernyms: ↑move • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * MOVE ASIDE, clear the way, make a space, make room, stand back. → make * * * …

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