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neaten

[ neet-n ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to make neat:

    a day spent neatening the kitchen shelves.



neaten

/ ˈ²Ô¾±Ë³ÙÉ™²Ô /

verb

  1. tr to make neat; tidy
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of neaten1

First recorded in 1895–1900; neat 1 + -en 1
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Few things neaten a naturalistic garden like fresh edging around beds.

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To neaten the top, crease the strips at top of the basket, fold over to the other side and tuck into a lower layer.

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Attempting to retroactively neaten up the cultural record may be convenient for corporations looking to avoid a bad news cycle, and for artists looking to preserve their reputations.

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The brief was to reduce the bulk at the sides and neaten the perimeter.

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The reader struggles, along with Vanessa, to make sense of what is happening, to interpolate, to see the truth, with so many false accounts, so many delusions, so many efforts to neaten or prettify.

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