clear up

1.  Clarify, explain, solve, as in Let's try to clear up this misunderstanding. [Late 1600s]
2.  Become clear, as in After the storm, it cleared up very quickly. [Early 1600s]
3.  Return something to a normal condition, cure, as in This new salve will clear up your rash.

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v

Definition: become improved
Antonyms: worsen

v

Definition: explain; resolve
Antonyms: complicate, question

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The verb has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: make clear and (more) comprehensible
  Synonyms: clarify, elucidate

Meaning #2: finish a task completely
  Synonyms: get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, finish up

Meaning #3: free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
  Synonym: clear

Meaning #4: become clear
  Synonyms: clear, light up, brighten
  Antonym: overcast (meaning #1)

Meaning #5: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
  Synonyms: clear, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - opklaring

Français (French)
n. - rangement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Aufräumen, Aufklärung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εκκαθάριση, ξεκαθάρισμα λογαριασμών
adj. - εκκαθαριστικός

Italiano (Italian)
miglioramento, rasserenato

Português (Portuguese)
v. - eliminar, ir embora
n. - esclarecimento (m) (de um crime)
adj. - esclarecido (Jur.)

Русский (Russian)
чистка, чистить, проясняться, объяснять

Español (Spanish)
n. - tasa de casos aclarados por la policía, esclarecido, aclarado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uppklarande
adj. - uppklarande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
整理, 消除

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 整理, 消除

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 날씨가 갠

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 晴れ上がる, 片づける, 解く, 明らかにする

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פענוח פשעים, ניקוי‬

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