clear up en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /klɪəˈɹʌp/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /kli.əˈɹʌp/
Meanings
- (transitive) To clarify, to correct a misconception.
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(intransitive) To depart or disappear.
All of their symptoms cleared up after the mold was removed.
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(intransitive, of skin or medical images) To become free of certain blemishes.
With the new cleanser, his skin cleared up in two weeks.
His lung X-rays cleared up after they moved to Arizona.
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(intransitive) Of stormy weather, to dissipate, to become calm.
Advise him to stay a little longer till the weather clears up.
1731 (date written; published 1745), [Jonathan] Swift, Directions to Servants […], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], and M. Cooper, […], →OCLC:
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(UK, intransitive, transitive) To clean up.
Accepting that incidents will always happen, what then matters is how quickly we can clear up the mess, something British Rail was better at. [...] I would turn up as quickly as possible in the on-call Hillman Avenger and assess how quickly we could clear up.
2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 43:
- (intransitive) To pot all of the remaining balls in a single turn.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| clears up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| cleared up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cleared up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| clearing up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (44)
cmn 放晴 (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · gl estiñar (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · es aclarar (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · es descampar (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · ga fuascail (clarify, correct a misconception) · es despejarse (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · fi hälvetä (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · es clarear (to become free of certain blemishes) · es serenarse (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · sh izjasniti (clarify, correct a misconception) · es esclarecer (clarify, correct a misconception) · fi puhdistua (to become free of certain blemishes) · sv uppklara (clarify, correct a misconception) · fi selventää (clarify, correct a misconception) · pl przejaśniać się (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · pl przejaśnić się (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · es acrisolar (clarify, correct a misconception) · pl rozpogodzić się (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · es aclararse (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · es escampar (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · pl wyjaśniać (clarify, correct a misconception) · pl oczyścić się (to become free of certain blemishes) · sv klara ut (clarify, correct a misconception) · es abonanzar (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · es despejar (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · pl rozpogadzać się (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · fi talttua (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · pl uspokoić się (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · pl oczyszczać się (to become free of certain blemishes) · gl escampar (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · es aclarar (clarify, correct a misconception) · es serenar (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · pl uspokajać się (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · gl clarear (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · mi tīhore (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · es clarear (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · de aufklären (clarify, correct a misconception) · pl wyjaśnić (clarify, correct a misconception) · sv klara upp (clarify, correct a misconception) · es desencapotarse (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · gl abrir (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · de aufklaren (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · fi haihtua (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm) · es abocanar (of stormy weather: dissipate, become calm)