Phrase guide

clear the table

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: вдигам (vdigam) — remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal
  • Bulgarian: вдигна (vdigna) — remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal
  • French: desservir — remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal
  • Hungarian: asztalt bont — remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal
  • Hungarian: leszedi az asztalt — remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal
  • Italian: sparecchiare — remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal
  • Polish: sprzątać ze stołu — remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal
  • Polish: posprzątać ze stołu — remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal
  • Portuguese: levantar a mesa — remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal
  • Russian: убра́ть со стола́ (ubrátʹ so stolá) — remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal
  • Spanish: levantar la mesa — remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal
  • Spanish: recoger la mesa — remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal
  • Spanish: despejar la mesa — remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal
  • Swedish: duka av — remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal