Make clear or plain

1(formal) to make something clearer or easier to understand clarify something to clarify a situation/problem/issue I hope this clarifies my position. The law on drugs needs to be clarified. Talking to [..]

early 14c., "make illustrious, make known," from Old French clarifiier "clarify, make clear, explain" (12c.), from Late Latin clarificare "to make clear," also "to g [..]

To separate and remove solids from a liquid, thus making it clear.

make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death" make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter [..]

v. To render intelligible.

A food preparation technique, it involves gentle heating to remove impurities and create a clear liquid. Butter is often clarified.

To skim or filter a liquid until it is clear, or to add beaten egg whites over heat, which then coagulate and trap any impurities.

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Remove impurities from butter or stock by heating the liquid, then straining or skimming it.

To clear a liquid of all solid particles using a special cooking process.(1) To clarify butter means to melt it and pour off the clear top layer from the milky residue at the bottom of the pan.  The r [..]

To clear fats by heating and filtering; to clear consommes and jellies with beaten egg white.

To clear a cloudy liquid by removing the sediment. The most common method is to add egg whites and/ or eggshells to a liquid (such as a stock) and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. The egg whites attract any particles in the liquid like a magnet. After cooling for about an hour, the mixture is poured through a cloth-lined sieve to strain out all residue [..]

To remove sediment from a cloudy liquid, thereby making it clear. To clarify liquids, such as stock, egg whites and/or eggshells are commonly added and simmered for approximately 15 minutes. The egg w [..]

To make clean and clearer by slow heating and removal of cloudy solids which collect during the process; often a term applied to butter.

To clear stock by straining through cooked egg whites; or to make butter clear by melting, then separating , and discarding the white milk solids from the yellow butter.

To make a liquid clear, as with butter. Unsalted butter is melted over low heat until the milk solids come to the top. They are then removed. Without the milk solids, the butter can be used in recipes in which you don't want it to brown.

To clear a liquid by removing the cloudy sediments.

(v) make clear and (more) comprehensible(v) make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating

To make easier to understand, to free from confusion or ambiguity, to remove obscurities. Clarity is a fundamental perfection of thought and clarification a fundamental aim in critical thinking. Stude [..]

Make clear or plain

to make a liquid clear and free of sediment. Clarification heightens the smoke point of butter. Clarified butter will stay fresh in the refrigerator for at least 2 months.

To clear aspic or bouillon by mixing it with egg white beaten with a little water or mixed with chopped meat, bringing it to the boil and letting it simmer; broth is clarified by simmering gently and skimming off the impurities as they rise to the top

to make a liquid clear and free of sediment. Clarification heightens the smoke point of butter. Clarified butter will stay fresh in the refrigerator for at least 2 months.

The process of a wine becoming clear, which occurs when all of the yeast and microscopic bits of pulp from the base ingredients of the wine settle to the bottom of the secondary, leaving a clear wine [..]

cooking term meaning to make clear; when used with regard to butter, water and milk solids have been removed, leaving purified butter fat.

To make a substance clear or pure.