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CLUTTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("clutter" is a kind of...):
radar echo (an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object)
disturbance; interference; noise (electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A confused multitude of things
Synonyms:
clutter; fuddle; jumble; mare's nest; muddle; smother; welter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("clutter" is a kind of...):
disorder; disorderliness (a condition in which things are not in their expected places)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clutter"):
rummage (a jumble of things to be given away)
Derivation:
clutter (fill a space in a disorderly way)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they clutter ... he / she / it clutters
Past simple: cluttered
Past participle: cluttered
-ing form: cluttering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fill a space in a disorderly way
Synonyms:
clutter; clutter up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "clutter" is one way to...):
fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Antonym:
unclutter (rid of obstructions)
Derivation:
clutter (a confused multitude of things)
