"clear the table" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: clears the table [present, singular, third-person], clearing the table [participle, present], cleared the table [participle, past], cleared the table [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clear the table (third-person singular simple present clears the table, present participle clearing the table, simple past and past participle cleared the table)
  1. To remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal. Synonyms: clear away, clear off, draw the cloth, unset the table Translations (remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal): вдигам (vdigam) (Bulgarian), вдигна (vdigna) (Bulgarian), desservir (French), asztalt bont (Hungarian), leszedi az asztalt (Hungarian), sparecchiare (Italian), levantar a mesa (Portuguese), levantar la mesa (Spanish), duka av (Swedish)

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          "sense": "remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal",
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          "sense": "remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal",
          "word": "asztalt bont"
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          "sense": "remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal",
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      "word": "sparecchiare"
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      "sense": "remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal",
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