clear-cutadj.

Brit.

/ˌklɪəˈkʌt/, U.S.

/ˌklɪrˈkət/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clear adv., cut adj.

Etymology: < clear adv. + cut adj.Sense 1 seems likely to have developed as a figurative use of sense 2, but earlier evidence for the latter is lacking. Compare the following early uses of clearly cut:1822 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Apr. 497/2 The ‘Moh-pan, or wooden plates’, is a species of stereotype [printing]; the characters are clearly cut in blocks of wood.1836 Knickerbocker Feb. 220 The present volume..is illustrated by numerous clearly-cut wood engravings.

1. With reference to something immaterial (as a concept, statement, phenomenon, etc.): sharply defined or delineated; easy to perceive or grasp; free from ambiguity or uncertainty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [adjective]

sutelc897

openeOE

plaina1398

sada1400

familiar1509

facile1531

lightsome1532

well-determined1560

pervial1595

uncurious1601

articulate1603

distinct1609

unmisinterpretablea1631

dilucida1640

limpid1649

dilucidate1651

unmysterious1663

incurious1664

elucidatea1670

accessible1681

distinguished1700

dilucidated1759

unmistakable1822

black and white1838

clear-cut1843

square on1963

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > definite or determinate

firm1377

determinatec1386

certain1393

determinablec1400

precisec1443

finite1493

well-defined1551

definite1553

determined1570

set1594

perfixed1601

formed1605

punctual1615

well-marked1620

definitive1624

determinated1635

determinativea1676

clear-cut1843

1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 3 256 A dramatic ending to a story..leaves a clear-cut impression upon the mind.

1864 Examiner 2 July 419/3 We have wept like Heraclitus over the shameful subject—the distinct, clear-cut national disgrace—till we are weary and our eyes are dry.

1918 Amer. Jrnl. Insanity July 179 His actions seem to furnish a most clear-cut manifestation of the conventional stigmata of degenerate zoophilia.

1943 Jrnl. Bacteriol. 46 383 In the presence of glucose, preincubation of the sterile solutions caused a clear-cut reduction in penicillin inhibition.

2001 R. M. Worcester in R. Catlow & S. Greenfield Cosmic Rays 109 Public attitudes towards animal experimentation are far from clear-cut.

2017 A. Cameron Cinico v. 52 He wasn't a racist, but he was fiercely anti-immigrant. I know that the distinction is not a clear-cut one.

2. With reference to a physical object: sharply defined in appearance; (of facial features, etc.) sharply chiselled.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [adjective] > sharply defined

clear-cut1844

1844 Morning Post 2 Nov. 5/1 That clear-cut and delicately curved nose—that firm but contracted forehead, and compressed lip, are as if they were lines written upon parchment, so plain and intelligible are they.

1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud ii, in Maud & Other Poems 10 A cold and clear-cut face.

1884 Harper's Mag. Apr. 811/1 The inimitable workmanship of those clear-cut cameos finely carved on gems and precious stones.

1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 67 A handsome man with clear-cut features sunburned by an African sun.

1997 A. Raife Larach xii. 111 She glanced at Donald's profile beside her, clear-cut, strong.

2011 R. Harland Liberator ii. 11 Her face had an almost unnatural calm. Perfectly modelled nose, high cheekbones, arched eyebrows, clear-cut mouth.

3. Of words, diction, etc.: clearly audible; precisely enunciated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > [adjective] > clear

brightOE

clearc1300

breme1340

brisk1660

snellc1730

clear-cut1865

pellucid1952

1865 Daily Ledger (New Albany, N.Y.) 6 Feb. In the quartette, Mr. Richardson is, perhaps, the most pronounced of any. His clear cut words, and his exact notes, have an excellence which is only the result of faithful study and persevering endeavors.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xvi. 298 The clear-cut, emphatic chant which makes a truth doubly telling in Scotch utterance.

1924 Musical Times 65 77/2 For actual choral technique, vitality of interpretation, and clear-cut diction, the forty-five Ukranians under M. Alexander Koshetz are unrivalled within our knowledge.

2000 Sunday Tel. 20 Aug. (Review section) 3/1 Emilia..speaks clearly and ponderously in a soft but clear-cut voice.

4. Forestry. Of a tract of land: from which every tree has been cut down and removed. Cf. clear-cut v.

ΚΠ

1896 W. R. Fisher Schich's Man. Forestry V. 624 Clear-cut areas yield the greatest amount of weeds, especially heather, which may be injurious to young forest plants.

1974 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 24 May 16/1 Elk prefer to browse within 200 yards of tree cover and normally won't move deep into a clearcut area.

2007 K. D. Wells Ecol. & Behavior Amphibians xvi. 819/2 Data from a variety of studies showed that amphibians were about 3.5 times more abundant in mature forest stands than in clear-cut stands.

Derivatives

ˌclear-ˈcutness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [noun]

plainnessc1475

perspicuity?1529

lightsomeness1581

dilucidity1603

transparency1615

clarity1616

limpitude1623

perspicuousness1697

lucidness1836

lucidity1851

pellucidity1868

limpidity1870

limpidness1870

clear-cutness1871

luminousness1873

clearness1885

1871 Old & New Aug. 259/1 In the treatment of some subjects, in readiness and clear-cutness, and dexterity in expression, the superiority to young men was very perceptible.

1926 Spectator 1 May 791/1 In clear-cutness of outline,..it [sc. a speech] was a masterpiece.

2014 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 1 Mar. (Book Review section) r20 As she transcribes for us Byrd's account of his gelid hermitage..we see the clear-cutness of these equivalences start to shift.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

clear-cutv.

Brit.

/ˈklɪəkʌt/, U.S.

/ˈklɪrˌkət/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clear adv., cut v.

Etymology: < clear adv. + cut v., after clear-cutting n. at clear adj., adv., and n. Compounds 3.

Forestry.

transitive. To cut down and remove every tree from (an area). Also (and earliest) intransitive.

ΚΠ

1893 Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. Scotl. 5th Ser. 5 154 Clear cutting is usually necessary before regeneration can commence... It would probably be safest to clear cut, either as already described, or in strips or patches.

1895 Indian Forester June 214 In the compartment being clear cut the contractor can tap ‘à mort’ all the trees standing at his disposal.

1919 A. W. Sampson Effect Grazing Aspen Reproduction (U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. No. 741) 27 The best means of obtaining vigorous and dense reproduction, and at the same time of harvesting the timber economically, is to clear-cut the lands or to thin the stand heavily.

1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 29 July 8/3 The best procedure was to clear-cut the forest with mechanical harvesters and get new, healthier stands started as quickly as possible.

2009 Sci. Amer. Sept. 21/1 In the Kampar Peninsula..a forestry company proposes to clear-cut a ring of swamp forest and plant it with acacia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	clear-cut
释义	clear-cutadj. Brit. /ˌklɪəˈkʌt/, U.S. /ˌklɪrˈkət/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clear adv., cut adj. Etymology: < clear adv. + cut adj.Sense 1 seems likely to have developed as a figurative use of sense 2, but earlier evidence for the latter is lacking. Compare the following early uses of clearly cut:1822 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Apr. 497/2 The ‘Moh-pan, or wooden plates’, is a species of stereotype [printing]; the characters are clearly cut in blocks of wood.1836 Knickerbocker Feb. 220 The present volume..is illustrated by numerous clearly-cut wood engravings. 1. With reference to something immaterial (as a concept, statement, phenomenon, etc.): sharply defined or delineated; easy to perceive or grasp; free from ambiguity or uncertainty. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [adjective] sutelc897 openeOE plaina1398 sada1400 familiar1509 facile1531 lightsome1532 well-determined1560 pervial1595 uncurious1601 articulate1603 distinct1609 unmisinterpretablea1631 dilucida1640 limpid1649 dilucidate1651 unmysterious1663 incurious1664 elucidatea1670 accessible1681 distinguished1700 dilucidated1759 unmistakable1822 black and white1838 clear-cut1843 square on1963 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > definite or determinate firm1377 determinatec1386 certain1393 determinablec1400 precisec1443 finite1493 well-defined1551 definite1553 determined1570 set1594 perfixed1601 formed1605 punctual1615 well-marked1620 definitive1624 determinated1635 determinativea1676 clear-cut1843 1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 3 256 A dramatic ending to a story..leaves a clear-cut impression upon the mind. 1864 Examiner 2 July 419/3 We have wept like Heraclitus over the shameful subject—the distinct, clear-cut national disgrace—till we are weary and our eyes are dry. 1918 Amer. Jrnl. Insanity July 179 His actions seem to furnish a most clear-cut manifestation of the conventional stigmata of degenerate zoophilia. 1943 Jrnl. Bacteriol. 46 383 In the presence of glucose, preincubation of the sterile solutions caused a clear-cut reduction in penicillin inhibition. 2001 R. M. Worcester in R. Catlow & S. Greenfield Cosmic Rays 109 Public attitudes towards animal experimentation are far from clear-cut. 2017 A. Cameron Cinico v. 52 He wasn't a racist, but he was fiercely anti-immigrant. I know that the distinction is not a clear-cut one. 2. With reference to a physical object: sharply defined in appearance; (of facial features, etc.) sharply chiselled. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [adjective] > sharply defined clear-cut1844 1844 Morning Post 2 Nov. 5/1 That clear-cut and delicately curved nose—that firm but contracted forehead, and compressed lip, are as if they were lines written upon parchment, so plain and intelligible are they. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud ii, in Maud & Other Poems 10 A cold and clear-cut face. 1884 Harper's Mag. Apr. 811/1 The inimitable workmanship of those clear-cut cameos finely carved on gems and precious stones. 1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 67 A handsome man with clear-cut features sunburned by an African sun. 1997 A. Raife Larach xii. 111 She glanced at Donald's profile beside her, clear-cut, strong. 2011 R. Harland Liberator ii. 11 Her face had an almost unnatural calm. Perfectly modelled nose, high cheekbones, arched eyebrows, clear-cut mouth. 3. Of words, diction, etc.: clearly audible; precisely enunciated. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > [adjective] > clear brightOE clearc1300 breme1340 brisk1660 snellc1730 clear-cut1865 pellucid1952 1865 Daily Ledger (New Albany, N.Y.) 6 Feb. In the quartette, Mr. Richardson is, perhaps, the most pronounced of any. His clear cut words, and his exact notes, have an excellence which is only the result of faithful study and persevering endeavors. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xvi. 298 The clear-cut, emphatic chant which makes a truth doubly telling in Scotch utterance. 1924 Musical Times 65 77/2 For actual choral technique, vitality of interpretation, and clear-cut diction, the forty-five Ukranians under M. Alexander Koshetz are unrivalled within our knowledge. 2000 Sunday Tel. 20 Aug. (Review section) 3/1 Emilia..speaks clearly and ponderously in a soft but clear-cut voice. 4. Forestry. Of a tract of land: from which every tree has been cut down and removed. Cf. clear-cut v. ΚΠ 1896 W. R. Fisher Schich's Man. Forestry V. 624 Clear-cut areas yield the greatest amount of weeds, especially heather, which may be injurious to young forest plants. 1974 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 24 May 16/1 Elk prefer to browse within 200 yards of tree cover and normally won't move deep into a clearcut area. 2007 K. D. Wells Ecol. & Behavior Amphibians xvi. 819/2 Data from a variety of studies showed that amphibians were about 3.5 times more abundant in mature forest stands than in clear-cut stands. Derivatives ˌclear-ˈcutness n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [noun] plainnessc1475 perspicuity?1529 lightsomeness1581 dilucidity1603 transparency1615 clarity1616 limpitude1623 perspicuousness1697 lucidness1836 lucidity1851 pellucidity1868 limpidity1870 limpidness1870 clear-cutness1871 luminousness1873 clearness1885 1871 Old & New Aug. 259/1 In the treatment of some subjects, in readiness and clear-cutness, and dexterity in expression, the superiority to young men was very perceptible. 1926 Spectator 1 May 791/1 In clear-cutness of outline,..it [sc. a speech] was a masterpiece. 2014 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 1 Mar. (Book Review section) r20 As she transcribes for us Byrd's account of his gelid hermitage..we see the clear-cutness of these equivalences start to shift. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). clear-cutv. Brit. /ˈklɪəkʌt/, U.S. /ˈklɪrˌkət/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clear adv., cut v. Etymology: < clear adv. + cut v., after clear-cutting n. at clear adj., adv., and n. Compounds 3. Forestry. transitive. To cut down and remove every tree from (an area). Also (and earliest) intransitive. ΚΠ 1893 Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. Scotl. 5th Ser. 5 154 Clear cutting is usually necessary before regeneration can commence... It would probably be safest to clear cut, either as already described, or in strips or patches. 1895 Indian Forester June 214 In the compartment being clear cut the contractor can tap ‘à mort’ all the trees standing at his disposal. 1919 A. W. Sampson Effect Grazing Aspen Reproduction (U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. No. 741) 27 The best means of obtaining vigorous and dense reproduction, and at the same time of harvesting the timber economically, is to clear-cut the lands or to thin the stand heavily. 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 29 July 8/3 The best procedure was to clear-cut the forest with mechanical harvesters and get new, healthier stands started as quickly as possible. 2009 Sci. Amer. Sept. 21/1 In the Kampar Peninsula..a forestry company proposes to clear-cut a ring of swamp forest and plant it with acacia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < adj.1843v.1893
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