Verb

• S: (v) iron out, straighten out, put right (settle or put right) "we need to iron out our disagreements"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate (to make better) "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
• S: (v) relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage (provide physical relief, as from pain) "This pill will relieve your headaches"
• S: (v) help, aid (improve the condition of) "These pills will help the patient"
• S: (v) regenerate, revitalize (restore strength) "This food revitalized the patient"
• S: (v) enrich (make better or improve in quality) "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"
• S: (v) build up, develop (change the use of and make available or usable) "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"
• S: (v) turn around (improve dramatically) "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"
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• S: (v) help (improve; change for the better) "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"
• S: (v) upgrade (to improve what was old or outdated) "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel"
• S: (v) condition (put into a better state) "he conditions old cars"
• S: (v) emend (make improvements or corrections to) "the text was emended in the second edition"
• S: (v) iron out, straighten out, put right (settle or put right) "we need to iron out our disagreements"
• S: (v) enhance (make better or more attractive) "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"
• S: (v) repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken) "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
• S: (v) reform (make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices) "reform a political system"
• S: (v) reform (improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition) "reform the health system in this country"
• S: (v) fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify (make more beautiful)
• S: (v) build (improve the cleansing action of) "build detergents"
• S: (v) perfect, hone (make perfect or complete) "perfect your French in Paris!"
• S: (v) polish, refine, fine-tune, down (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing) "refine one's style of writing"
• S: (v) purify, sublimate, make pure, distill (remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation) "purify the water"
• S: (v) fructify (make productive or fruitful) "The earth that he fructified"
• S: (v) raise, lift (invigorate or heighten) "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
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• S: (v) advance (develop further) "We are advancing technology every day"
• S: (v) upgrade (give better travel conditions to) "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full"
• S: (v) educate (give an education to) "We must educate our youngsters better"
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• S: (v) disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out (extricate from entanglement) "Can you disentangle the cord?"
• S: (v) reform, straighten out, see the light (change for the better) "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
• S: (v) straighten, straighten out (make straight)
• S: (v) clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear) "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
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• S: (v) tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away (put (things or places) in order) "Tidy up your room!"