What is "sort out"

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To clarify by reviewing mentally. 2 (context transitive English) To arrange. 3 (context transitive English) To fix, ''as'' a problem. 4 (context transitive English) To organise or separate into groups, ''as'' a collection of items, so as to make tidy. 5 (context transitive English) To separate from the remainder of a group; ''often construed with'' from. 6 (context transitive British slang English) To attack physically. 7 (context UK slang English) To provide (somebody) with a necessity, or a solution to a problem.

1. v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn: classify, class, sort, assort, separate]

2. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" [syn: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate]

3. punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently" [syn: discipline, correct]