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[ kleer-ing ] / ˈklɪər ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR clearing ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of a person or thing that clears; the process of becoming clear. a tract of land, as in a forest, that contains no trees or bushes. the reciprocal exchange between banks of checks and drafts, and the settlement of the differences. clearings, the total of claims settled at a clearinghouse. Origin of clearingFirst recorded in 1350–1400, clearing is from the Middle English word clering.See clear, -ing1 OTHER WORDS FROM clearingun·clear·ing, adjectiveWords nearby clearingclear-eyed, clear-fell, Clearfield, clearheaded, clear ice, clearing, clearing bank, clearing bath, clearing factor, clearinghouse, clearing mark Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for clearingNot only will it immediately save lives, but the threat of jail time has a way of clearing the mind on subjects such as these. Why Parents Keep Shooting Their Kids|Cliff Schecter|June 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST A morning mist hung over everything, clearing occasionally to reveal lone fishermen. A Little Too Off the Beaten Path in Burma|Katya Cengel|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST He was clearing the decks for the president who had defeated Hillary in the 2008 primaries. No One’s Going to Challenge Hillary Clinton|Robert Shrum|May 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Clearing the river of legal commercial traffic, Naw Kham now had total control over what and who moved on the water. How China Used Drones to Capture a Notorious Burmese Drug Lord|Brendon Hong|April 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Politically, this new report “clearing” Chris Christie is anticlimactic and largely irrelevant. Christie, Not Quite Dead Yet|Michael Tomasky|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST The fence begins to melt as if in a haze and the logic of clearing this vast expanse of earth and rock escapes him. The Land of Look Behind|Paul Cameron Brown I think we have the means of clearing Archie, when we can see how to use them. The Three Brides|Charlotte M. Yonge The task set for Pershing's men was in theory almost as difficult as clearing the Argonne Forest. Our Army at the Front|Heywood Broun The heavy wagon came out into the clearing, and drew near to the one small house, which was standing within it. The Boys of Old Monmouth|Everett T. Tomlinson A cell in this condition can be repaired by removing the element and clearing the short circuit. The Automobile Storage Battery|O. A. Witte
British Dictionary definitions for clearing
nounan area with few or no trees or shrubs in wooded or overgrown land Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to clearingclearance, expanse, opening, dell, glade, gap, margin, allowance, headroom, open space |