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/ˈklarəˌfī/,
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clarifying, present participle; clarified, past tense; clarified, past participle; clarifies, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Make (a statement or situation) less confused and more clearly comprehensible
    • - the report managed to clarify the government's position
  2. Melt (butter) in order to separate out the impurities

  1. (clarify) make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
  2. (clarifying) that makes clear; "a clarifying example"
  3. (Clarifying (wine)) The clarification and stabilization of wine in winemaking involves removing insoluble and suspended materials that may cause a wine to become cloudy, gassy, form unwanted sediment deposit or tartaric crystals, deteriorate quicker or develop assorted wine faults due to ...
  4. (clarify) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or syrup; To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate; To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other ...
  5. (Clarify) To separate and remove solids from a liquid, thus making it clear
  6. (Clarify) 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 may be used in recipes in which you don’t want it to brown.
  7. (Clarify) To make a liquid clear by removing sediments and impurities; to melt far and remove any sediment
  8. (Clarify) 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. To clarify rendered fat, add hot water and boil for about 15 minutes. The mixture
  9. (Clarify) To make a liquid (either butter, stock or broth) clear by skimming away or filtering out fat and impurities.
  10. (clarify) To clear a liquid of all solid particles using a special cooking process.
  11. (Clarify) The process of removing old lees (dead yeast cells) and fragments of grape skins, stems, seeds (pip) and pulp from the fermented juice.
  12. (Clarify) To make a liquid clear by adding beaten egg white and egg shells. The egg jells in the hot liquid and cloudiness adheres to it and then the liquid is strained.
  13. (Clarify) to remove impurities (foam) off stocks and soups by skimming the foam with a spoon and discarding. Beated egg white can also be used for this.
  14. (Clarify) Remove impurities from butter or stock by heating the liquid, then straining or skimming it.
  15. (Clarify) Often you'll see a recipe that calls for clarified butter. It means separating and removing solids from a liquid to make it clear. To clarify butter, it's heated, then the clear yellow fat is poured off to leave the milk solids behind. ...
  16. (CLARIFY) To clear by removing scum, small particles, and fat from soup stock
  17. (CLARIFY) To cause or allow haze-causing particles and solids to precipitate out of solution, with or without the help of finings, or to filter wine or beer. Clarified beer or wine is often called "bright" or "brilliant. ...
  18. (Clarify (Book Titles)) Explaining it Better: Clara Fie
  19. (Clarify) A method for obtaining a clearer liquid by turning impurities or fats into solids that rise to the surface for skimming.
  20. (Clarify) Butter is “clarified” for some dishes. This is simply the process of slowly heating butter to separate the “solids” which are removed and disgarded. This helps the butter last longer and burn at a higher temperature. Stock and other liquids can also be clarified.
  21. (Clarify) For butter, to melt and skim off top foam, then strain off milk solids, using only the clear layer.
  22. (Clarify) Literally make something clearer and, where appropriate, simplify it. This could involve, for example, explaining in simpler terms a complex process or theory, or the relationship between two variables.
  23. (Clarify) Make something clearer by giving more information.
  24. (Clarify) 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 without haze. ...
  25. (Clarify) To cleanse the hair of product or build up.