tidy
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Cleaning & tidying places & things
adjust
airing
bed
bioremediation
clean something out
dust
dusting
freshen (someone/something) up
going-over
Hoover
muck
sandblast
smarten (someone/something) up
spiff someone/something up
spit
spit and polishidiom
spring-clean
spruce
tidy
valet
Examples of neaten
neaten
In the 1950s, the postwar emphasis on domesticity extended to comparing cosmetic procedures to sewing, and face-lifts as a way to "
neaten" or "tidy up" one's face.
Scissoring will be required every 68 weeks to
neaten and shape the coat while regular exposure to water will promote the correct ringlets over the body coat.
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