klaren — meaning in English

English meaning

• clarify verb To make an idea, statement, or situation easier to understand.
• rack noun A framework or set of shelves, bars, or hooks used for holding, storing, or displaying things.

Senses

klaren is used for these senses in English:

• clarify (ergative, of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
• clarify (by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
• rack (brewing) To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.

clarify — full definition

1. verb To make an idea, statement, or situation easier to understand.
2. verb To make a liquid clear by removing impurities.

rack — full definition

1. noun A framework or set of shelves, bars, or hooks used for holding, storing, or displaying things.
2. noun A frame for carrying luggage or equipment on a vehicle, such as the roof rack of a car.
3. noun Historically, a device with a ratchet used to torture people by stretching their limbs.
4. noun A bar with teeth that meshes with a gear (a pinion) to convert rotary motion into straight-line motion, or works with a pawl to allow movement in only one direction.
5. verb To cause severe strain, pain, or suffering.

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