clear (English, verb)
Forms: form: clear
tags: canonical
form: clears
tags: third-person
singular
form: cleared
tags: past
form: cleared
tags: past
participle
form: clearing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /klɪə/
tags: UK
ipa: /klɪɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If you clear something, you move or remove things that you don't want there.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: You clear the table and I'll get coffee ready.
We'll have to clear out the garage to make room for the new car.
My grandparents cleared this land so that we could live and farm here.
I worked for ten minutes to clear a path in the snow from the door to the road.
About 13 million hectares of forest were cleared each year.
glosses: If something clears, it becomes clear.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: After the fire, it took some time for the air to clear.
Above her, the black sky cleared, until she could see the thousands of stars all across it.
The window fogged and cleared as she breathed on it.
glosses: If something clears, it goes away, leaving the place it was clear.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: After the fire, it took some time for the smoke to clear.
He couldn't see well as car drove up the dirt road, but after the dust had cleared, he could see it was his father.
synonyms: disappear
glosses: If you clear your throat, you cough lightly to make speaking easier.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Tears filled her eyes again, and she cleared her throat. "As soon as I can, I'll get on a plane and meet you."
glosses: If you clear the air, or if the air clears, you talk about a problem so that nobody has doubts or bad feelings.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: I think it's important for me to tell you what has happened and clear the air about this matter.
glosses: If you clear somebody to do something, you give them permission.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: His personal plane had been cleared to land at the airport.
glosses: If your head, mind, thinking, etc. clears then you become able to think well.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: The coffee helped to clear her head, and she sat down to think.
glosses: If you clear something, you get over it without touching it or without a problem.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The bike got air and cleared the water by a meter.
synonyms: hit
glosses: If you clear somebody of something bad you show that they did not do it.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: After clearing him of any wrongdoing, the police set him free.
glosses: If you clear a hurdle, you solve one of a number of problems.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The case has many more hurdles to clear before it can go to trial.
The winner had to clear plenty of hurdles before beating Clement.
glosses: After the dust clears is some time later, when there is no more trouble or confusion.
examples: It took a few weeks, but after the dust had cleared, and everybody had gone home, he realized he had enjoyed it.
glosses: If a cheque clears, then the money is ready to be used.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
glosses: If you clear a certain amount of money, you make that as profit (after expenses).
raw_tags: transitive
synonyms: make
gain
earn
glosses: If you clear the ball or puck, you move it away from your own goal.
raw_tags: sports
transitive