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Adjective: clear (clearer,clearest) klir [N. Amer], kliu(r) [Brit]- 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" - Free from confusion or doubt
"a complex problem requiring a clear head"; "not clear about what is expected of us" - Affording free passage or view
"a clear view"; "a clear path to victory"
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Verb: clear klir [N. Amer], kliu(r) [Brit]- Rid of obstructions
"Clear your desk"
- unclutter - Make a way or path by removing objects
"Clear a path through the dense forest" - Become clear
"The sky cleared after the storm"
- clear up, light up, brighten - Grant authorization or clearance for
"Clear the manuscript for publication"
- authorize, authorise [Brit], pass - Remove
"clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road" - Go unchallenged; be approved
"The bill cleared the House"
- pass - Be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts
"The payment should clear within 2 business days" - Go away or disappear
"The fog cleared in the afternoon" - Pass by, over, or under without making contact
"the balloon cleared the tree tops"
- top - Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
"Clear up the question of who is at fault"
- clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise [Brit], crystalize, crystalise [Brit], straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate - Free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment
"Clear the ship and let it dock" - Clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.
"clear the water before it can be drunk" - Yield as a net profit
- net - Make as a net profit
"The company cleared $1 million"
- net, sack, sack up - Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
"He clears $5,000 each month"
- gain, take in, make, earn, realize, realise [Brit], pull in, bring in - Sell
"We cleared a lot of the old model cars" - Pass an inspection or receive authorization
"clear customs" - Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
"The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
- acquit, assoil, discharge, exonerate, exculpate - Settle, as of a debt
"clear a debt"
- solve - Make clear, bright, light, or translucent
"The water had to be cleared through filtering" - Rid of instructions or data
"clear a memory buffer" - Remove (people) from a building
"clear the patrons from the theatre after the bomb threat" - Remove the occupants of
"Clear the building" - Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
"Clear the throat"
- clear up
Adverb: clear klir [N. Amer], kliu(r) [Brit]- Completely
"read the book clear to the end"; "slept clear through the night"; "there were open fields clear to the horizon"
- all the way - In an easily perceptible manner
"She cried loud and clear"
- clearly
Noun: clear klir [N. Amer], kliu(r) [Brit]- The state of being free of suspicion
"investigation showed that he was in the clear" - A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- open
Derived forms: clears, cleared, clearer, clearing, clearest See also: broad, clarity, clean-handed, clear off, clearance, clear-cut, clearheaded, clearing, clearly, clearness, clear-thinking, cloudless, comprehendible, comprehensible, crystal clear, crystalline, definite, discerning, distinct, fair, free, guiltless, hyaline, hyaloid, innocent, legible, limpid, limpidity, liquid, lucid, lucidity, lucidness, luculent, net, nett, pellucid, pellucidity, perfect, perspicuous, prima facie, pure, semitransparent, serene, translucent, transparent, trenchant, unambiguous, unclouded, unencumbered, unfrosted, unmistakable, unmistakeable, unobstructed, unqualified, unsubtle, untroubled, vivid Type of: acquire, allow, alter, area, bear, benefit, bring home the bacon, change, clarify, clear up, come through, countenance, country, create, deliver the goods, determine, disappear, discharge, disembarrass, elucidate, empty, flog [Brit], free, gain, get, go away, innocence, judge, label, let, make, modify, move out, overhaul, overtake, pass, pay, permit, profit, pronounce, remove, rid, sell, settle, square off, square up, succeed, take, take away, take out, vanish, win, withdraw, yield Antonym: bounce, cloudy, opaque, unclear Encyclopedia: Clear |