Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
make free from confusion or ambiguity;
make clear;
- Example: "Could you clarify these remarks?"- Example: "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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shed light on
v 1: 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]