clarify
To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
Example
“What's the best way to clarify cooking oil?”
Other meanings
To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
“Please clarify what you mean by this.”
Synonyms
- clear up
Related words
- clarifiability
- clarifiable
- explainify
- reclarify
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "clarifico" (clārificō, clārificāre).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “clarify” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.