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Meaning of 'clear' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Clear [ adv.]
- In a clear manner; plainly.
- Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.
2 . Clear [ n.]
- Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls; as, a room ten feet square in the clear.
3 . Clear [ superl.]
- Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
- Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.
- Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.
- Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.
- Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.
- Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.
- Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.
- Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
- Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.
- Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.
4 . Clear [ v. i.]
- To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- often followed by up, off, or away.
- To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.
- To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day.
5 . Clear [ v. t.]
- To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds.
- To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.
- To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous.
- To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious.
- To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out.
- To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the thing imputed.
- To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
- To gain without deduction; to net.

Meaning of 'clear' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . clear [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
Example in sentence:
  • finally broke out of the forest into the open
Meaning (2):
- the state of being free of suspicion
Example in sentence:
  • investigation showed that he was in the clear
3 . clear [ v]
Meaning (3):
- settle, as of a debt
Example in sentence:
  • clear a debt;
  • solve an old debt
Meaning (4):
- rid of instructions or data
Example in sentence:
  • clear a memory buffer
Meaning (5):
- make a way or path by removing objects
Example in sentence:
  • Clear a path through the dense forest
Meaning (6):
- pass an inspection or receive authorization
Example in sentence:
  • clear customs
Meaning (7):
- remove
Example in sentence:
  • Clear snow from the road;
  • clear the leaves from the lawn;
  • Empty the water;
  • He doffed his hat
Meaning (8):
- remove the occupants of
Example in sentence:
  • Clear the building
Meaning (9):
- grant authorization or clearance for
Example in sentence:
  • Clear the manuscript for publication;
  • The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
Meaning (10):
- remove (people) from a building
Example in sentence:
  • clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat
Meaning (11):
- free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment
Example in sentence:
  • Clear the ship and let it dock
Meaning (12):
- free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
Example in sentence:
  • Clear the throat
Meaning (13):
- clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.
Example in sentence:
  • clear the water before it can be drunk
Meaning (14):
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Example in sentence:
  • Clear up the question of who is at fault;
  • Could you clarify these remarks?
Meaning (15):
- rid of obstructions
Example in sentence:
  • Clear your desk
Meaning (16):
- sell
Example in sentence:
  • deal hashish;
  • We cleared a lot of the old model cars
Meaning (17):
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Example in sentence:
  • He clears $5,000 each month;
  • 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
Meaning (18):
- pass by, over, or under without making contact
Example in sentence:
  • the balloon cleared the tree tops
Meaning (19):
- go unchallenged; be approved
Example in sentence:
  • The bill cleared the House
Meaning (20):
- be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts
Example in sentence:
  • The check will clear within 2 business days
Meaning (21):
- make as a net profit
Example in sentence:
  • The company cleared $1 million
Meaning (22):
- go away or disappear
Example in sentence:
  • The fog cleared in the afternoon
Meaning (23):
- become clear
Example in sentence:
  • The sky cleared after the storm
Meaning (24):
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
Example in sentence:
  • The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
Meaning (25):
- make clear, bright, light, or translucent
Example in sentence:
  • The water had to be cleared through filtering
Meaning (26):
- yield as a net profit
Example in sentence:
  • This sale netted me $1 million
27 . clear [ a]
Meaning (27):
- readily apparent to the mind
Example in sentence:
  • a clear and present danger;
  • a clear case of murder;
  • a clear explanation;
  • a clear indication that she was angry;
  • gave us a clear idea of human nature
Meaning (28):
- accurately stated or described
Example in sentence:
  • a set of well-defined values
Meaning (29):
- allowing light to pass through
Example in sentence:
  • clear glass;
  • clear plastic bags;
  • clear water;
  • the air is clear and clean
Meaning (30):
- free from clouds or mist or haze
Example in sentence:
  • on a clear day
31 . clear [ r]
Meaning (31):
- in an easily perceptible manner
Example in sentence:
  • could be seen clearly under the microscope;
  • She cried loud and clear
Meaning (32):
- completely
Example in sentence:
  • mouth stark open;
  • read the book clear to the end;
  • slept clear through the night;
  • stark mad;
  • there were open fields clear to the horizon
33 . clear [ s]
Meaning (33):
- free of restrictions or qualifications
Example in sentence:
  • a clean bill of health;
  • a clear winner
Meaning (34):
- characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)
Example in sentence:
  • a clear conscience;
  • regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes
Meaning (35):
- affording free passage or view
Example in sentence:
  • a clear path to victory;
  • a clear view;
  • open waters;
  • the open countryside
Meaning (36):
- free from flaw or blemish or impurity
Example in sentence:
  • a clear perfect diamond;
  • the clear complexion of a healthy young woman
Meaning (37):
- clear of charges or deductions
Example in sentence:
  • a clear profit
Meaning (38):
- clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
Example in sentence:
  • a clear-cut pattern;
  • a spire clean-cut against the sky;
  • as clear as a whistle;
  • clear footprints in the snow;
  • the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather
Meaning (39):
- free from confusion or doubt
Example in sentence:
  • a complex problem requiring a clear head;
  • not clear about what is expected of us
Meaning (40):
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
Example in sentence:
  • a light lilting voice like a silver bell;
  • clear laughter like a waterfall;
  • clear reds and blues;
  • efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings
Meaning (41):
- characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
Example in sentence:
  • a percipient author;
  • clear mind
Meaning (42):
- freed from any question of guilt
Example in sentence:
  • his official honor is vindicated;
  • is absolved from all blame;
  • was now clear of the charge of cowardice
Meaning (43):
- (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law
Example in sentence:
  • I have clear title to this property
Meaning (44):
- free from contact or proximity or connection
Example in sentence:
  • the ship was clear of the reef;
  • we were clear of the danger

Nearby Words:

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