Synonyms:
tidy
Meaning: receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
tidy, tidy_up, clean_up, neaten, straighten, straighten_out, square_away
Meaning: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"
Usage examples
'A tidy shot that, I flatter myself,' he then soliloquised.
She went in, swept and dusted the furniture, and put everything tidy.
'A very tidy bit,' he said; 'something over two hundred and fifty pounds.
A soldier is cleaning the windows and floors, and making things tidy generally.
She says this park would make a tidy summer resort, if there was any custom for it.
Therefore, without further consideration, she walked swiftly down the corridor after the tidy nurse.
He had the frank open countenance, neatly brushed hair and tidy clothes that betoken a clear conscience and a good mother.
Ethel felt better after a few drops of champaigne and began to tidy her hair while Bernard packed the remains of the food.
Then a ball or two later on, "I call that a tidy smack." The "smack" in question had driven the ball, for anything I know to the contrary, a distance of some five miles or so.
Usually at nine o'clock she brought in her employer's breakfast from the Nelson Hotel, which was outside the Square, and while he was enjoying it in bed, after his fashion, she cleaned out and made tidy the sitting-room.