"neaten" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: neatens [present, singular, third-person], neatening [participle, present], neatened [participle, past], neatened [past]
Etymology: From neat + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|neat|en|id2=inchoative}} neat + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} neaten (third-person singular simple present neatens, present participle neatening, simple past and past participle neatened)
  1. (transitive) To make (someone or something) neat; to arrange (people or things) in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy. Tags: transitive Translations (to make tidy): спретвам (spretvam) (Bulgarian), подреждам (podreždam) (Bulgarian), upravit [perfective] (Czech), uhladit [perfective] (Czech), zúhlednit [perfective] (Czech), rau(w)iri (note: of a garden or piece of land) (Maori), whakaraupapa (note: of order or sequence) (Maori), whakapaipai (Maori)
    Sense id: en-neaten-en-verb-qrp0C-TR Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 48 52 Disambiguation of 'to make tidy': 69 31
  2. (intransitive) To engage in activity that arranges someone or something in an orderly, tidy way. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-neaten-en-verb--Oiz1BD4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 37 63

Inflected forms

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