Put (things or places) in order.
Care for one's external appearance.
1Work around the edge with a table knife, to neaten.
2Not all of us can or want to neaten up the rough edges of our lives.
3She automatically pats her hair to neaten it.
4Carefully trim the overhanging pastry to neaten.
5Trim the fish fillets to neaten the edges, then remove any pin bones with a pair of kitchen tweezers.
6With the back of a large spoon, neaten the edges and lightly press the potatoes to make a flat cake.
7When you're happy with the size, neaten the edges of the cross with a scissors and tie them with elastic.
8Roll each piece lightly between your palms to neaten the shape (you don't have to make perfect rounds).
9The earth swallowed them back and smoothed over them as if a giant hand had come to neaten everything up.
10The New Yorker, March 31, 1997 P. 78 While talking to my mother I neaten things.
11Make sure your CV is updated and neaten up your online image before you reach out to recruitment agencies within the area.
12The only time I see him in even vague bad humour is when a wardrobe assistant tries to neaten a dancer's hair.
13He hadn't shaved off the beard, though he'd obviously done his best to neaten it up, and he'd made an attempt at combing his hair.
14He had less than an hour's work, mostly neatening up the edges.
15As the message played, Langdon quickly put away the playbill, neatening the desk.
16She neatened the blanket and climbed to the bedroom on the top floor.
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