'clear up' definitions:
Definition of 'clear up'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death" [syn: clarify, clear up, elucidate] [ant: obfuscate]
verb
Finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment" [syn: get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up]
verb
Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat" [syn: clear, clear up]
verb
Become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm" [syn: clear up, clear, light up, brighten] [ant: cloud, overcast]
verb
Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" [syn: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate]
Synonyms of 'clear up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account for,
- allegorize,
- answer,
- ascertain,
- assure,
- bottom,
- certify,
- cinch,
- cipher,
- clarify,
- clean up,
- clear,
- clear the decks,
- clinch,
- crack,
- debug,
- decide,
- decipher,
- decode,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- determine,
- disembroil,
- disentangle,
- disintricate,
- disinvolve,
- dismiss all doubt,
- dissolve,
- divine,
- do,
- dope,
- dope out,
- elucidate,
- enlighten,
- ensure,
- establish,
- euhemerize,
- exemplify,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- fathom,
- figure out,
- find out,
- find the answer,
- find the solution,
- fix,
- fix up,
- get,
- get at,
- get right,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- groom,
- guess,
- guess right,
- have it,
- hit it,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- insure,
- interpret,
- make certain,
- make clear,
- make no doubt,
- make no mistake,
- make out,
- make plain,
- make sure,
- make sure of,
- nail down,
- neaten,
- open the lock,
- plumb,
- police,
- police up,
- popularize,
- psych,
- psych out,
- put in trim,
- puzzle out,
- rationalize,
- ravel,
- ravel out,
- reassure,
- remove all doubt,
- resolve,
- riddle,
- see that,
- see to it,
- set at rest,
- settle,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- solve,
- sort out,
- spell out,
- spruce,
- spruce up,
- straighten up,
- throw light upon,
- tidy,
- tidy up,
- trig up,
- trim,
- trim up,
- unbraid,
- unclutter,
- uncoil,
- undo,
- unfold,
- unknot,
- unlock,
- unmix,
- unravel,
- unriddle,
- unscramble,
- unsnarl,
- untangle,
- unthread,
- untwine,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- unwind,
- work,
- work out
Words containing 'clear up'
- Clear,
- Cleared,
- Clearing,
- Clearly,
- Clearness,
- To clear out,
- To clear up,
- all clear,
- clear off,
- clear out,
- in the clear,
- A clear breach,
- Clear Creek,
- Clear Lake,
- Clear Lake, IN,
- Clear Spring,
- Clear breach,
- Clear days,
- Clear stuff,
- Clearing house,
- Point Clear,
- The coast is clear,
- To clear for action,
- To clear hawse,
- To clear the decks,
- To clear the land,
- To get clear,
- clear away,
- clear distinct,
- clear sailing,
- clear sighted,
- clear the air,
- clear the decks,
- clear the throat,
- clear the way,
- cleared tilled,
- crystal clear,
- free and clear,
- loud and clear,
- make clear,
- steer clear of,
- Clear Creek County,
- Clear Creek, CO,
- Clear Lake Shores,
- Clear Lake, IA,
- Clear Lake, IL,
- Clear Lake, MN,
- Clear Lake, SD,
- Clear Lake, WA,
- Clear Lake, WI,
- Clear Spring, MD,
- Clear-cut,
- Clear-headed,
- Clear-headedness,
- Clear-seeing,
- Clear-shining,
- Clear-sighted,
- Clear-sightedness,
- Point Clear, AL,
- To clear a ship at the customhouse,
- To clear a ship for action,
- clear and present danger,
- clear liquid diet,
- clear-eyed,
- clear-thinking,
- Clear Creek County, CO,
- Clear Lake Shores, TX,
- clear-air turbulence