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CLEAR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or waterplay

Example:

finally broke out of the forest into the open

Synonyms:

clear; open

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("clear" is a kind of...):

area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))

Derivation:

clear (rid of obstructions)

clear (remove)

clear (make a way or path by removing objects)

clear (affording free passage or view)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The state of being free of suspicionplay

Example:

investigation showed that he was in the clear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("clear" is a kind of...):

innocence (a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense)

Derivation:

clear (pronounce not guilty of criminal charges)

clear (freed from any question of guilt)

 II. (adjective) 

Comparative and superlative

Comparative: clearer  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Superlative: clearest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Readily apparent to the mindplay

Example:

gave us a clear idea of human nature

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

broad; unsubtle (lacking subtlety; obvious)

clear-cut; distinct; trenchant (clearly or sharply defined to the mind)

crystal clear; limpid; lucid; luculent; pellucid; perspicuous ((of language) transparently clear; easily understandable)

prima facie (as it seems at first sight)

unmistakable (clearly evident to the mind)

vivid (having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience)

Also:

distinct (easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined)

definite (precise; explicit and clearly defined)

comprehendible; comprehensible (capable of being comprehended or understood)

unambiguous (having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning)

Attribute:

clarity; clearness; limpidity; lucidity; lucidness; pellucidity (free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression)

Antonym:

unclear (not clear to the mind)

Derivation:

clearness; clarity (free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Allowing light to pass throughplay

Example:

the air is clear and clean

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

crystal clear; crystalline; limpid; lucid; pellucid; transparent (transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity)

hyaline; hyaloid (resembling glass in transparency or translucency)

limpid; liquid (clear and bright)

semitransparent; translucent (allowing light to pass through diffusely)

unclouded (not made opaque or cloudy by sediment)

unfrosted ((of glass) lacking a frosted coating)

Attribute:

clarity; clearness; uncloudedness (the quality of clear water)

Antonym:

opaque (not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight)

Derivation:

clarity; clearness (the quality of clear water)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Free from confusion or doubtplay

Example:

not clear about what is expected of us

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

clear-thinking; clearheaded (not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently)

Derivation:

clearness (free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Free from clouds or mist or hazeplay

Example:

on a clear day

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

serene (completely clear and fine)

fair (free of clouds or rain)

cloudless; unclouded (free from clouds)

Domain category:

meteorology (the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather))

Antonym:

cloudy (full of or covered with clouds)

Derivation:

clarity; clearness (the quality of clear water)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Accurately stated or describedplay

Example:

a set of well-defined values

Synonyms:

clear; well-defined

Classified under:

Adjectives

Derivation:

clarity; clearness (free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Characterized by ease and quickness in perceivingplay

Example:

a percipient author

Synonyms:

clear; percipient

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

discerning (having or revealing keen insight and good judgment)

Derivation:

clearness (free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptibleplay

Example:

a clear-cut pattern

Synonyms:

clean-cut; clear; clear-cut

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

distinct (easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined)

Derivation:

clearness (free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression)

Sense 8

Meaning:

(especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or lawplay

Example:

I have clear title to this property

Synonyms:

clear; unmortgaged

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unencumbered (free of encumbrance)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Free from contact or proximity or connectionplay

Example:

the ship was clear of the reef

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

free (not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Freed from any question of guiltplay

Example:

his official honor is vindicated

Synonyms:

absolved; clear; cleared; exculpated; exonerated; vindicated

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

clean-handed; guiltless; innocent (free from evil or guilt)

Derivation:

clear (the state of being free of suspicion)

clearness (free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression)

Sense 11

Meaning:

Easily decipheredplay

Synonyms:

clear; decipherable; readable

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

legible ((of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered)

Derivation:

clarity; clearness (free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression)

Sense 12

Meaning:

Clear of charges or deductionsplay

Example:

a clear profit

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

net; nett (remaining after all deductions)

Sense 13

Meaning:

Affording free passage or viewplay

Example:

the open countryside

Synonyms:

clear; open

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unobstructed (free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance)

Derivation:

clarity (the quality of clear water)

clear (a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water)

Sense 14

Meaning:

Free from flaw or blemish or impurityplay

Example:

the clear complexion of a healthy young woman

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

perfect (being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish)

Derivation:

clearness (the quality of clear water)

Sense 15

Meaning:

(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dimsplay

Example:

a light lilting voice like a silver bell

Synonyms:

clean; clear; light; unclouded

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

pure (free of extraneous elements of any kind)

Derivation:

clarity; clearness (the quality of clear water)

Sense 16

Meaning:

Free of restrictions or qualificationsplay

Example:

a clear winner

Synonyms:

clean; clear

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unqualified (not limited or restricted)

Sense 17

Meaning:

Characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)play

Example:

regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

untroubled (not beset by troubles or disturbance or distress)

 III. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they clear  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it clears  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: cleared  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: cleared  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: clearing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Free (the throat) by making a rasping soundplay

Example:

Clear the throat

Synonyms:

clear; clear up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Rid of obstructionsplay

Example:

Clear your desk

Synonyms:

clear; unclutter

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

clear (remove)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They clear the path of the snow


Also:

clear away; clear off (remove from sight)

Derivation:

clear (a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Removeplay

Example:

Clear snow from the road

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Verb group:

clear (make a way or path by removing objects)

clear; unclutter (rid of obstructions)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clear"):

bare; denudate; denude; strip (lay bare)

clear-cut (remove all the trees at one time)

stump (remove tree stumps from)

deforest; disafforest; disforest (remove the trees from)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They clear the snow from the path


Derivation:

clearing (a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area)

clear (a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Make a way or path by removing objectsplay

Example:

Clear a path through the dense forest

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Verb group:

clear (remove)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

clear (a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water)

clearing (a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Remove the occupants ofplay

Example:

Clear the building

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

empty (make void or empty of contents)

Verb group:

clear (remove (people) from a building)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Remove (people) from a buildingplay

Example:

clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

move out; remove; take out (cause to leave)

Verb group:

clear (remove the occupants of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 7

Meaning:

Rid of instructions or dataplay

Example:

clear a memory buffer

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

empty (make void or empty of contents)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 8

Meaning:

Make clear, bright, light, or translucentplay

Example:

The water had to be cleared through filtering

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

clearing (the act of removing solid particles from a liquid)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clearplay

Example:

Clear up the question of who is at fault

Synonyms:

clear; clear up; crystalise; crystalize; crystallise; crystallize; elucidate; enlighten; illuminate; shed light on; sort out; straighten out

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 10

Meaning:

Settle, as of a debtplay

Example:

solve an old debt

Synonyms:

clear; solve

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

determine; settle; square off; square up (settle conclusively; come to terms)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 11

Meaning:

Grant authorization or clearance forplay

Example:

The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography

Synonyms:

authorise; authorize; clear; pass

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clear"):

approbate (approve or sanction officially)

certificate (authorize by certificate)

approve; O.K.; okay; sanction (give sanction to)

declare (authorize payments of)

certify; licence; license (authorize officially)

commission (charge with a task)

formalise; formalize; validate (declare or make legally valid)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Derivation:

clearance (permission to proceed)

Sense 12

Meaning:

Pronounce not guilty of criminal chargesplay

Example:

The suspect was cleared of the murder charges

Synonyms:

acquit; assoil; clear; discharge; exculpate; exonerate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

judge; label; pronounce (pronounce judgment on)

"Clear" entails doing...:

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clear"):

purge (clear of a charge)

whitewash (exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data)

vindicate (clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something

Sentence example:

They want to clear the prisoners


Derivation:

clear (the state of being free of suspicion)

clearing (the act of freeing from suspicion)

Sense 13

Meaning:

Pass an inspection or receive authorizationplay

Example:

clear customs

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

clear; pass (go unchallenged; be approved)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 14

Meaning:

Pass by, over, or under without making contactplay

Example:

the balloon cleared the tree tops

Synonyms:

clear; top

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

overhaul; overtake; pass (travel past)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clear"):

hop (jump across)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

clearance (the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them)

Sense 15

Meaning:

Go away or disappearplay

Example:

The fog cleared in the afternoon

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

disappear; go away; vanish (become invisible or unnoticeable)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 16

Meaning:

Sellplay

Example:

We cleared a lot of the old model cars

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)

Domain category:

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 17

Meaning:

Be debited and credited to the proper bank accountsplay

Example:

The check will clear within 2 business days

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Antonym:

bounce (come back after being refused)

Sense 18

Meaning:

Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wagesplay

Example:

He clears $5,000 each month

Synonyms:

bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Verb group:

clear; net; sack; sack up (make as a net profit)

make (act in a certain way so as to acquire)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clear"):

eke out; squeeze out (make by laborious and precarious means)

profit; turn a profit (make a profit; gain money or materially)

rake off (take money from an illegal transaction)

bring home; take home (earn as a salary or wage)

rake in; shovel in (earn large sums of money)

gross (earn before taxes, expenses, etc.)

bear; pay; yield (bring in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They clear the money


Sense 19

Meaning:

Make as a net profitplay

Example:

The company cleared $1 million

Synonyms:

clear; net; sack; sack up

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

benefit; gain; profit (derive a benefit from)

Verb group:

bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages)

clear; net (yield as a net profit)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 20

Meaning:

Yield as a net profitplay

Example:

This sale netted me $1 million

Synonyms:

clear; net

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

bear; pay; yield (bring in)

Verb group:

clear; net; sack; sack up (make as a net profit)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 21

Meaning:

Clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.play

Example:

clear the water before it can be drunk

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

disembarrass; free; rid (relieve from)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

clearing (the act of removing solid particles from a liquid)

Sense 22

Meaning:

Free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipmentplay

Example:

Clear the ship and let it dock

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

discharge; free (free from obligations or duties)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 23

Meaning:

Go unchallenged; be approvedplay

Example:

The bill cleared the House

Synonyms:

clear; pass

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "clear" is one way to...):

bring home the bacon; come through; deliver the goods; succeed; win (attain success or reach a desired goal)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clear"):

clear (pass an inspection or receive authorization)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 24

Meaning:

Become clearplay

Example:

The sky cleared after the storm

Synonyms:

brighten; clear; clear up; light up

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
It is ----ing

 IV. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an easily perceptible mannerplay

Example:

She cried loud and clear

Synonyms:

clear; clearly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 2

Meaning:

Completelyplay

Example:

there were open fields clear to the horizon

Synonyms:

all the way; clear

Classified under:

Adverbs

Credits

 Context examples: 

Neuromelanin accumulates over the lifespan and is only cleared away from cells following cell death, as occurs in neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease.

(Neuromelanin-sensitive MRI identified as a potential biomarker for psychosis, National Institutes of Health)

Within the first day of injury, immune cells from the blood called inflammatory monocytes entered the core of the injured meningeal tissue and started clearing away dead cells.

(Scientists watch the brain’s lining heal after a head injury, National Institutes of Health)

It is not clear exactly what causes it, but there is currently no cure, and no obvious contenders for prevention either.

(Eat Chocolate for Steady Heartbea, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Nevertheless, it is not clear if sleep allows for more sophisticated forms of learning.

(Learning While Sleeping?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Six of the crew, of whom I was one, having let down the boat into the sea, made a shift to get clear of the ship and the rock.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Again the other cleared his throat and spoke with painstaking and judicial slowness.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear. For example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this room.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then he came in like a fresh-caught fish on a line, clearing the rail generously and striking the deck in a heap, on hands and knees, and rolling over.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The researchers have begun creating additional variants that they hope will be able to clear infections at lower doses.

(Venom of Wasp, Bee Repurposed as Antibiotic Drug, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This has provided astronomers with a clear glimpse of how stars go from a sometimes-turbulent adolescence into calmer adulthood.

(Spitzer Studies a Stellar Playground With a Long History, NASA)




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