clear
Part of speech: adj
adv
verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: From Middle English clere, from Anglo-Norman cler, from Old French cler (Modern French clair), from Latin clarus. Displaced native Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr (“clear, bright”)), Middle English skere (“clear, sheer”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr (“sheer, clear, pure”)), Middle English smolt (“clear (of mind), serene”) (from Old English smolt (“peaceful, serene”)). Cognate with Danish, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish klar, Dutch klaar, French clair, Italian chiaro, Portuguese claro, Romanian clar, Spanish claro.
Inflected forms:
form: clearer
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: clearest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: CLR
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: CLR
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: clears
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: clearing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cleared
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cleared
pos: verb
tags: past
form: CLR
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: clears
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: CLR
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Transparent in colour.
pos: adj
examples: as clear as crystal
gloss: Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
pos: adj
examples: The windshield was clear and clean.
Congress passed the President’s Clear Skies legislation.
gloss: Free of obstacles.
pos: adj
examples: The driver had mistakenly thought the intersection was clear.
the coast is clear
Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.
"[…] On the 18th of October, 1841, a very intense magnetic disturbance was recorded, and amongst other curious facts mentioned is that of the detention of the 10:05pm express train at Exeter for 16 minutes, as from the magnetic disturbance affecting the needles so powerfully, it was impossible to ascertain if the line was clear at Starcross. The superintendent at Exeter reported the next morning that someone was playing tricks with the instruments, and would not let them work."
gloss: Without clouds.
pos: adj
examples: clear weather; a clear day
Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
gloss: Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
pos: adj
gloss: Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.
pos: adj
examples: He gave clear instructions not to bother him at work.
She made it clear that she dislike me.
I'm still not quite clear on what some of these words mean.
From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
In several months you’re likely to have a clearer picture on how your state intends to treat your forgiven PPP loan and the deductibility of your business expenses not just for tax year 2020 but also tax year 2021.
NR Chairman Sir Peter Hendy had made it clear that he didn't want anything that smacked of the bus shelters seen at many small, usually unstaffed stations.
But Trump laid out his clearest message yet on tariffs during an address to House Republicans on Monday, spelling out what imports his administration plan to tax first.
gloss: Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
pos: adj
gloss: Free of guilt, or suspicion.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: a clear conscience
Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere,
 In action faithful, and in honour clear
gloss: Without a thickening ingredient.
pos: adj
gloss: Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
pos: adj
examples: clear of texture; clear of odor
gloss: Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
pos: adj
examples: Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair. She said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear. Did you ever go clear?
gloss: Able to perceive straightforwardly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
pos: adj
examples: a clear intellect; a clear head
Mother of Science, Now I feel thy Power
 Within me cleere, not onely to diſcerne
 Things in thir Cauſes, but to trace the wayes
 Of higheſt Agents
gloss: Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
pos: adj
examples: with a countenance as clear / As friendship wears at feasts
gloss: Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
pos: adj
examples: Hark! the numbers, soft and clear
 Gently steal upon the ear
gloss: Unmixed; entirely pure.
pos: adj
examples: clear sand
gloss: Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
pos: adj
examples: a clear complexion; clear lumber
high school girls with clear-skinned smiles
gloss: Without diminution; in full; net.
pos: adj
examples: a clear profit
I often wished that I had clear
 For life, six hundred pounds a year
gloss: Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
pos: adj
examples: The signals were clear to allow the train through Soham, as it steadily approached.
gloss: Good, the best.
pos: adj
tags: Multicultural-London-English
examples: Nando's is clear.
gloss: Better than, superior to. (usually with points, votes, etc.)
pos: adj
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
especially
examples: Spurs are clear of Arsenal.
gloss: All the way; entirely.
pos: adv
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: I threw it clear across the river to the other side.
gloss: Not near something or touching it.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming.
gloss: Free (or separate) from others.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Much soul-searching is going on at the west London club who, just seven weeks ago, were five points clear at the top of the table and playing with the verve with which they won the title last season.
gloss: In a clear manner; plainly.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Now clear I understand
 What oft my steadiest thoughts have searched in vain
I want you to know how he spoke: he spoke loud, and he spoke clear.
Can't they see for themselves? Course not. Looks like dust to them, so they can't see it clear at all
I would get very short with people and speak clear of my feelings without consideration of their feelings.
Then I heard clear your mother's voice, crying out in distress!
Now when God called him, Moses told God immediately that he could not speak clear enough to be this leader.
gloss: To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Police took two hours to clear the road.
If you clear the table, I'll wash up.
“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.
 Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,[…].
Faith, Dick, I muſt confeſs, ’tis true
(But this is only Entre Nous)
That many knotty Points there are,
Which All diſcuſs, but Few can clear.
‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.[…]’
Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
gloss: To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Please clear all this stuff off the table.
The loggers came and cleared the trees.
[…] Aristotle has brought to explain his Doctrine of Substantial Forms, when he tells us that a Statue lies hid in a Block of Marble; and that the Art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous Matter, and removes the Rubbish.
gloss: To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Then the whole population cleared into the forest, expecting all kinds of calamities to happen, while, on the other hand, the steamer Fresleven commanded left also in a bad panic, in charge of the engineer, I believe.
gloss: To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: When the road cleared we continued our journey.
After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.
Shake the test tube well, and the liquid should slowly clear.
gloss: To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We need to clear this issue once and for all.
gloss: To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The court cleared the man of murder.
[…] yet I appeal to the reader, and am sure he will clear me from Partiality.
How! Wouldst thou clear rebellion?
gloss: To pass without interference; to miss.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The door just barely clears the table as it closes.
The leaping horse easily cleared the hurdles.
If we stay on this course we should clear the buoy.
gloss: To exceed a stated mark.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres.
gloss: To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I cleared the first level in 36 seconds.
gloss: Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The check might not clear for a couple of days.
gloss: To earn a profit of; to net.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He's been clearing seven thousand a week.
The profit which she cleared on the cargo […] cannot be estimated at less than a thousand guineas.
gloss: To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Air traffic control cleared the plane to land.
The marketing department has cleared the press release for publication.
gloss: To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I've cleared the press release with the marketing department, so go ahead and publish it.
The plane has been cleared for landing.
gloss: To obtain a clearance.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The steamer cleared for Liverpool today.
gloss: To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
pos: verb
examples: Beſides, he that cleares at once will relapſe: for finding himſelfe out of ſtraights, he will reuert to his cuſtomes. But hee that cleareth by degrees, induceth an habite of frugality, and gaineth as well vpon his minde, as vpon his Eſtate.
gloss: To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: The goalkeeper rushed forward to clear the ball.
A low cross came in, and Smith cleared.
Bolton then went even closer when Elmander's cross was met by a bullet header from Holden, which forced a wonderful tip over from Cech before Drogba then cleared the resulting corner off the line.
gloss: To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to clear an array;  to clear a single bit (binary digit) in a value
gloss: To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: To get the footer acting right, you need to float it and clear it on both margins.
gloss: To unload a firearm, or undergo an unloading procedure, in order to prevent negligent discharge; for safety reasons, to check whether one's firearm is loaded or unloaded.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: To prevent any shooting accidents, remember to clear your pistol and stay aware of your surroundings.
gloss: Empty or open area.
pos: noun
examples: The deer were standing in the clear.
gloss: Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
pos: noun
examples: a room ten feet square in the clear
gloss: The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
pos: noun
examples: It took me weeks to achieve a one-credit clear (1CC).
gloss: A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
pos: noun
examples: Neither of them had heard of Kelly or Kalki, but then neither of them had heard of Horace, Alexander Pope, [Blaise] Pascal, [Denis] Diderot, [Werner] Heisenberg’s law or entropy. Their lives were spent, successfully, repelling information. They were perfect “clears,” to use Scientologist jargon.
Today, clear status can be conferred only by high ranking ministers of the church, and clears are not presented for examination by outsiders.
Related words: clarity
in the clear
Derived words: steer clear
bench-clearing brawl
clearable
clearage
clearance
clear away
clearcut
clearcutter
clearcutting
cleardown
clearing
clearing agent
clearing nut
clearing saw
clearing station
clear off
clear one's lines
clear one's throat
clear out
clear round
clear someone's name
clear the air
clear the decks
clear the ground
clear the market
clear the neighborhood
clear the table
clear the way
clear up
overclear
preclear
reclear
unclear
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: deforestar
lang: Catalan
word: desboscar
lang: Finnish
word: hakata
lang: French
word: raser
lang: French
word: déboiser
lang: German
word: roden
lang: Māori
word: waere
lang: Māori
word: whakarake
lang: Māori
word: tāwai
lang: Portuguese
word: desmatar
lang: Portuguese
word: desflorestar
lang: Spanish
word: deforestar
lang: Spanish
word: desmontar