CLEAR

clear

(adjective) readily apparent to the mind; “a clear and present danger”; “a clear explanation”; “a clear case of murder”; “a clear indication that she was angry”; “gave us a clear idea of human nature”

clear

(adjective) allowing light to pass through; “clear water”; “clear plastic bags”; “clear glass”; “the air is clear and clean”

clear

(adjective) free from confusion or doubt; “a complex problem requiring a clear head”; “not clear about what is expected of us”

clear

(adjective) free from clouds or mist or haze; “on a clear day”

clear, well-defined

(adjective) accurately stated or described; “a set of well-defined values”

clear, percipient

(adjective) characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving; “clear mind”; “a percipient author”

clear, clean-cut, clear-cut

(adjective) clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible; “as clear as a whistle”; “clear footprints in the snow”; “the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather”; “a spire clean-cut against the sky”; “a clear-cut pattern”

clear, unmortgaged

(adjective) (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law; “I have clear title to this property”

clear

(adjective) free from contact or proximity or connection; “we were clear of the danger”; “the ship was clear of the reef”

absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated

(adjective) freed from any question of guilt; “is absolved from all blame”; “was now clear of the charge of cowardice”; “his official honor is vindicated”

clear, decipherable, readable

(adjective) easily deciphered

clear

(adjective) clear of charges or deductions; “a clear profit”

clear, open

(adjective) affording free passage or view; “a clear view”; “a clear path to victory”; “open waters”; “the open countryside”

clear

(adjective) free from flaw or blemish or impurity; “a clear perfect diamond”; “the clear complexion of a healthy young woman”

clean, clear, light, unclouded

(adjective) (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; “efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings”; “clear laughter like a waterfall”; “clear reds and blues”; “a light lilting voice like a silver bell”

clean, clear

(adjective) free of restrictions or qualifications; “a clean bill of health”; “a clear winner”

clear

(adjective) characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt); “a clear conscience”; “regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes”

clearly, clear

(adverb) in an easily perceptible manner; “could be seen clearly under the microscope”; “She cried loud and clear”

clear, all the way

(adverb) completely; “read the book clear to the end”; “slept clear through the night”; “there were open fields clear to the horizon”

open, clear

(noun) a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water; “finally broke out of the forest into the open”

clear

(noun) the state of being free of suspicion; “investigation showed that he was in the clear”

clear, clear up

(verb) free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; “Clear the throat”

unclutter, clear

(verb) rid of obstructions; “Clear your desk”

clear

(verb) remove; “clear the leaves from the lawn”; “Clear snow from the road”

clear

(verb) make a way or path by removing objects; “Clear a path through the dense forest”

clear

(verb) make clear, bright, light, or translucent; “The water had to be cleared through filtering”

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

(verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; “Could you clarify these remarks?”; “Clear up the question of who is at fault”

clear, solve

(verb) settle, as of a debt; “clear a debt”; “solve an old debt”

authorize, authorise, pass, clear

(verb) grant authorization or clearance for; “Clear the manuscript for publication”; “The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography”

acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate

(verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; “The suspect was cleared of the murder charges”

clear

(verb) pass an inspection or receive authorization; “clear customs”

clear, top

(verb) pass by, over, or under without making contact; “the balloon cleared the tree tops”

clear

(verb) go away or disappear; “The fog cleared in the afternoon”

clear

(verb) sell; “We cleared a lot of the old model cars”

clear

(verb) be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts; “The check will clear within 2 business days”

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

(verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; “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”

net, sack, sack up, clear

(verb) make as a net profit; “The company cleared $1 million”

net, clear

(verb) yield as a net profit; “This sale netted me $1 million”

clear

(verb) free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment; “Clear the ship and let it dock”

pass, clear

(verb) go unchallenged; be approved; “The bill cleared the House”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

Clear (uncountable)

(Scientology) An idea state of beingness free of unwanted influences.

Anagrams

• 'clare, Carle, Clare, carle, lacer, recal

Etymology

Adjective

clear (comparative clearer, superlative clearest)

Transparent in colour.

Bright, not dark or obscured.

Free of obstacles.

Without clouds.

(meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.

Free of ambiguity or doubt.

Distinct, sharp, well-marked.

Synonym: conspicuous

(figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.

(of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.

Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.

(Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).

Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.

Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.

Easily or distinctly heard; audible.

Unmixed; entirely pure.

Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.

Without diminution; in full; net.

Synonyms

• (transparency): pellucid, transparent; See also transparent

• (free of ambiguity or doubt): See also comprehensible of explicit

• (distinct): See also distinct

• (easily or distinctly heard): See also audible

• (unmixed): homogeneous

Antonyms

• (transparency): opaque, turbid

• (bright): See also dark

• (without clouds): cloudy, nebulous; See also nebulous

• (free of ambiguity or doubt): See also incomprehensible and confusing

• (of a soup): thick

• obscure

Hyponyms

• crystal clear

Adverb

clear (not comparable)

All the way; entirely.

Not near something or touching it.

free (or separate) from others

(obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.

Verb

clear (third-person singular simple present clears, present participle clearing, simple past and past participle cleared)

(transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.

(transitive) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.

(intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.

(transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.

(transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.

(transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.

(transitive, activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.

(transitive, video games) To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).

(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.

(transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.

(transitive) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.

(transitive) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.

(intransitive) To obtain a clearance.

(transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.

To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.

(transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.

(transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.

(transitive, computing) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.

Synonyms

• (clear a forest): stub

Noun

clear (plural clears)

(carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.

(video games) The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.

(Scientology) A person who is free from the influence of engrams.

Anagrams

• 'clare, Carle, Clare, carle, lacer, recal

Source: Wiktionary

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Clear, a. [Compar. Clearer; superl. Clearest.] Etym: [OE. cler, cleer, OF. cler, F. clair, fr.L. clarus, clear, broght, loud, distinct, renownwd; perh. akin to L. clamare to call, E. claim. Cf. Chanticleer, Clairvoyant, Claret, Clarufy.]

1. Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded. The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear. Denham. Fair as the moon, clear as the sun. Canticles vi. 10.

2. Free from ambiquity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable. One truth is clear; whatever is, is right. Pop

3. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head. Mother of science! now I feel thy power Within me clear, not only to discern Things in their causes, but to trace the ways Of highest agents. Milton.

4. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful. With a countenance as clear As friendship wears at feasts. Shak.

5. Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous. Hark! the numbers soft and clear Gently steal upon the ear. Pope.

6. Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.

7. Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.

8. Free from guilt or stain; unblemished. Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honor clear. Pope.

9. Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit. I often wished that I had clear, For life, six hundred pounds a-year. Swift .

10. Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt. My companion . . . left the way clear for him. Addison.

11. Free from embarrassment; detention, etc. The cruel corporal whispered in my ear, Five pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear. Gay. Clear breach. See under Breach, n., 4.

– Clear days (Law.), days reckoned from one day to another, excluding both the first and last day; as, from Sunday to Sunday there are six clear days.

– Clear stuff, boards, planks, etc., free from knots.

Syn.

– Manifest; pure; unmixed; pellucid; transparent; luminous; obvious; visible; plain; evident; apparent; distinct; perspicuous. See Manifest.

Clear, n. (Carp.)

Definition: 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.

Clear, adv.

1. In a clear manner; plainly. Now clear I understand What oft . . . thoughts have searched in vain. Milton.

2. Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.

Clear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleared; p. pr. & vb. n. Clearing.]

1. To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds. He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north. Dryden.

2. To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.

3. To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous. Many knotty points there are Which all discuss, but few can clear. Prior.

4. To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious. Our common prints would clear up their understandings. Addison

5. 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. Clear your mind of cant. Dr. Johnson. A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter. Addison.

6. To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the thing imputed. I . . . am sure he will clear me from partiality. Dryden. How! wouldst thou clear rebellion Addison.

7. To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or fallure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.

8. To gain without deduction; to net. The profit which she cleared on the cargo. Macaulay. To clear a ship at the customhouse, to exhibit the documents required by law, give bonds, or perform other acts requisite, and procure a permission to sail, and such papers as the law requires.

– To clear a ship for action, or To clear for action (Naut.), to remove incumbrances from the decks, and prepare for an engagement.

– To clear the land (Naut.), to gain such a distance from shore as to have sea room, and be out of danger from the land.

– To clear hawse (Naut.), to disentangle the cables when twisted.

– To clear up, to explain; to dispel, as doubts, cares or fears.

Clear, v. i.

1. To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- often fallowed by up, off, or away. So foul a sky clears without a strom. Shak. Advise him to stay till the weather clears up. Swift.

2. To disengage one's self frpm incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free. [He that clears at once will relapse; for finding himself out of straits, he will revert to the customs; but he that cleareth by degrees induceth a habit of frugality. Bacon.

3. (Banking)

Definition: To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.

4. To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to- day. To clear out, to go or run away; to depart. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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