noun
- A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area.
- synonyms: glade
- The act of freeing from suspicion.
- The act of removing solid particles from a liquid.
- synonyms: clarification
verb
- Rid of obstructions.
- usage: "Clear your desk"
- Make a way or path by removing objects.
- usage: "Clear a path through the dense forest"
- synonyms: clear
- Become clear.
- usage: "The sky cleared after the storm"
- Grant authorization or clearance for.
- usage: "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
- Remove.
- usage: "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"
- synonyms: clear
- Go unchallenged; be approved.
- usage: "The bill cleared the House"
- Be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts.
- usage: "The check will clear within 2 business days"
- synonyms: clear
- Go away or disappear.
- usage: "The fog cleared in the afternoon"
- synonyms: clear
- Pass by, over, or under without making contact.
- usage: "the balloon cleared the tree tops"
- Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
- usage: "Could you clarify these remarks"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
- synonyms: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
- Free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment.
- usage: "Clear the ship and let it dock"
- synonyms: clear
- Clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc..
- usage: "clear the water before it can be drunk"
- synonyms: clear
- Yield as a net profit.
- usage: "This sale netted me $1 million"
- Make as a net profit.
- usage: "The company cleared $1 million"
- Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.
- usage: "How much do you make a month in your new job"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5, 000 each month"
- Sell.
- usage: "We cleared a lot of the old model cars"
- synonyms: clear
- Pass an inspection or receive authorization.
- usage: "clear customs"
- synonyms: clear
- Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges.
- usage: "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
- Settle, as of a debt.
- usage: "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt"
- Make clear, bright, light, or translucent.
- usage: "The water had to be cleared through filtering"
- synonyms: clear
- Rid of instructions or data.
- usage: "clear a memory buffer"
- synonyms: clear
- Remove (people) from a building.
- usage: "clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat"
- synonyms: clear
- Remove the occupants of.
- usage: "Clear the building"
- synonyms: clear
- Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound.
- usage: "Clear the throat"