VERB | cognition | crystalize, clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate | make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity |
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change | crystalize, crystallize, crystallise, crystalise | cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | |
change | crystalize, crystallize, crystalise, effloresce | assume crystalline form | |
change | crystalize, crystallize, crystallise, crystalise | cause to take on a definite and clear shape |
Meaning | make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity; make clear. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate | |
Broader | clarify, clear up, elucidate | make clear and (more) comprehensible |
Spanish | aclarar, clarificar, cristalizar, dilucidar, esclarecer, explicar | |
Catalan | dilucidar, esclarir |
Meaning | Cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | crystallize, crystallise, crystalise | |
Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
Cause to | crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, effloresce | assume crystalline form |
Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
Spanish | cristalizar | |
Catalan | cristal·litzar-se, cristal·litzar | |
Nouns | crystal | a rock formed by the solidification of a substance |
crystal | a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure | |
crystal | colorless glass made of almost pure silica |
Meaning | assume crystalline form; become crystallized. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonyms | crystallize, crystalise, effloresce | |
Caused by | crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise | Cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form |
Narrower | devitrify | Become crystalline |
Broader | solidify | Become solid |
Spanish | cristalizarse, cristalizar | |
Catalan | cristal·litzar-se, cristal·litzar | |
Nouns | crystal | a rock formed by the solidification of a substance |
crystal | a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure | |
crystal | colorless glass made of almost pure silica |
Meaning | Cause to take on a definite and clear shape. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | crystallize, crystallise, crystalise | |
Broader | shape, form | Give shape or form to |
Spanish | cristalizar | |
Catalan | cristal·litzar-se, cristal·litzar |
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