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Adjective: cleared klird [N. Amer], kliu(r)d [Brit]- Rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush
"cleared land"; "cleared streets free of fallen trees and debris"; "a cleared passage through the underbrush"; "played poker on the cleared dining room table" - Freed from any question of guilt
- absolved, clear, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated 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
See also: clean-handed, clear off, clearance, clear-cut, clearing, guiltless, improved, innocent, treeless, unwooded Type of: acquire, allow, alter, bear, benefit, bring home the bacon, change, clarify, clear up, come through, countenance, create, deliver the goods, determine, disappear, discharge, disembarrass, elucidate, empty, flog [Brit], free, gain, get, go away, 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, uncleared Encyclopedia: Clear Cleared |