verb
- Make clear and (more) comprehensible.
- usage: "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
- Finish a task completely.
- usage: "I finally got through this homework assignment"
- synonyms: get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, finish up
- Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound.
- usage: "Clear the throat"
- synonyms: clear
- Become clear.
- usage: "The sky cleared after the storm"
- Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
- usage: "Could you clarify these remarks"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
- synonyms: clear, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
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