clear up

1. Make clear and (more) comprehensible (synset 200941888)
   "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
   is a type of: explain, explicate - make plain and comprehensible
   subtypes:

   • demystify - make less mysterious or remove the mystery from
   • clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out - make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
   • dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate - add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
   • disambiguate - state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
   same as: clarify, elucidate
2. Finish a task completely (synset 200485823)
   "I finally got through this homework assignment"
   is a type of: complete, finish - come or bring to a finish or an end
   subtypes: cap off - finish or complete, as with some decisive action
   same as: finish off, finish up, get through, mop up, polish off, wrap up
3. Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound (synset 200178349)
   "Clear the throat"
   is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
   same as: clear
4. Become clear (synset 202777127)
   "The sky cleared after the storm"
   same as: brighten, clear, light up
5. Make free from confusion or ambiguity;
   Make clear (synset 200622730)
   "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
   is a type of: clarify, clear up, elucidate - make clear and (more) comprehensible
   same as: clear, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out

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