Entry Word: clarify

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to remove usually visible impurities from <clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits>

Synonyms clear, distill, filter, purify

Related Words process, refine; clean, cleanse, purge; extract, leach; screen, sieve, sift

Near Antonyms cloud, dull, muddy; contaminate, dirty, soil

2 to make plain or understandable <it would help if you could clarify your position for us> — see explain 1