clear the table

English

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. (idiomatic) To remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal.

Synonyms

• clear away
• clear off
• draw the cloth
• unset the table

Antonyms

• set the table
• lay the table

Translations

remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal

• Bulgarian: вдигам (bg) (vdigam), вдигна (vdigna)
• French: desservir (fr)
• Hungarian: asztalt bont, leszedi az asztalt
• Italian: sparecchiare (it)
• Portuguese: levantar a mesa
• Russian: убра́ть со стола́ impf (ubrátʹ so stolá)
• Spanish: levantar la mesa, recoger la mesa, despejar la mesa
• Swedish: duka av