'Clear' definitions:

Definition of 'clear'

(from WordNet)
adverb
Completely; "read the book clear to the end"; "slept clear through the night"; "there were open fields clear to the horizon" [syn: clear, all the way]
adverb
In an easily perceptible manner; "could be seen clearly under the microscope"; "She cried loud and clear" [syn: clearly, 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" [ant: unclear]
adjective
Free from confusion or doubt; "a complex problem requiring a clear head"; "not clear about what is expected of us"
adjective
Affording free passage or view; "a clear view"; "a clear path to victory"; "open waters"; "the open countryside" [syn: clear, open]
adjective
Allowing light to pass through; "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean" [ant: opaque]
adjective
Free from contact or proximity or connection; "we were clear of the danger"; "the ship was clear of the reef"
adjective
Characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt); "a clear conscience"; "regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes"
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" [syn: clean, clear, light, unclouded]
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" [syn: clear, unmortgaged]
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" [syn: clear, clean-cut, clear-cut]
adjective
Accurately stated or described; "a set of well-defined values" [syn: well-defined, clear] [ant: ill-defined, unclear]
adjective
Free from clouds or mist or haze; "on a clear day" [ant: cloudy]
adjective
Free of restrictions or qualifications; "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner" [syn: clean, clear]
adjective
Free from flaw or blemish or impurity; "a clear perfect diamond"; "the clear complexion of a healthy young woman"
adjective
Clear of charges or deductions; "a clear profit"
adjective
Easily deciphered [syn: clear, decipherable, readable]
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" [syn: absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated]
adjective
Characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving; "clear mind"; "a percipient author" [syn: clear, percipient]
noun
The state of being free of suspicion; "investigation showed that he was in the clear"
noun
A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water; "finally broke out of the forest into the open" [syn: open, clear]
verb
Rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk" [syn: unclutter, clear] [ant: clutter, clutter up]
verb
Make a way or path by removing objects; "Clear a path through the dense forest"
verb
Become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm" [syn: clear up, clear, light up, brighten] [ant: cloud, overcast]
verb
Grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" [syn: authorize, authorise, pass, clear]
verb
Remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"
verb
Go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House" [syn: pass, clear]
verb
Be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts; "The check will clear within 2 business days" [ant: bounce]
verb
Go away or disappear; "The fog cleared in the afternoon"
verb
Pass by, over, or under without making contact; "the balloon cleared the tree tops" [syn: clear, top]
verb
Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" [syn: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate]
verb
Free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment; "Clear the ship and let it dock"
verb
Clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.; "clear the water before it can be drunk"
verb
Yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million" [syn: net, clear]
verb
Make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" [syn: net, sack, sack up, clear]
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" [syn: gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in]
verb
Sell; "We cleared a lot of the old model cars"
verb
Pass an inspection or receive authorization; "clear customs"
verb
Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges" [syn: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate] [ant: convict]
verb
Settle, as of a debt; "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt" [syn: clear, solve]
verb
Make clear, bright, light, or translucent; "The water had to be cleared through filtering"
verb
Rid of instructions or data; "clear a memory buffer"
verb
Remove (people) from a building; "clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat"
verb
Remove the occupants of; "Clear the building"
verb
Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat" [syn: clear, clear up]

Definition of 'Clear'

From: GCIDE
  • Clear \Clear\ (kl[=e]r), a. [Compar. Clearer (-[~e]r); superl. Clearest.] [OE. cler, cleer, OF. cler, F. clair, fr.L. clarus, clear, bright, loud, distinct, renowned; perh. akin to L. clamare to call, E. claim. Cf. Chanticleer, Clairvoyant, Claret, Clarify.]
  • 1. Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded. [1913 Webster]
  • The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
  • Fair as the moon, clear as the sun. --Canticles vi. 10. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable. [1913 Webster]
  • One truth is clear; whatever is, is right. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful. [1913 Webster]
  • With a countenance as clear As friendship wears at feasts. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous. [1913 Webster]
  • Hark! the numbers soft and clear Gently steal upon the ear. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. Free from guilt or stain; unblemished. [1913 Webster]
  • Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honor clear. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit. [1913 Webster]
  • I often wished that I had clear, For life, six hundred pounds a-year. --Swift . [1913 Webster]
  • 10. Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt. [1913 Webster]
  • My companion . . . left the way clear for him. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 11. Free from embarrassment; detention, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • The cruel corporal whispered in my ear, Five pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Clear'

From: GCIDE
  • Clear \Clear\ (kl[=e]r), n. (Carp.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Clear'

From: GCIDE
  • Clear \Clear\, adv.
  • 1. In a clear manner; plainly. [1913 Webster]
  • Now clear I understand What oft . . . thoughts have searched in vain. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Clear'

From: GCIDE
  • Clear \Clear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleared; p. pr. & vb. n. Clearing.]
  • 1. To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds. [1913 Webster]
  • He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous. [1913 Webster]
  • Many knotty points there are Which all discuss, but few can clear. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious. [1913 Webster]
  • Our common prints would clear up their understandings. --Addison [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Clear your mind of cant. --Dr. Johnson. [1913 Webster]
  • A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the thing imputed. [1913 Webster]
  • I . . . am sure he will clear me from partiality. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • How! wouldst thou clear rebellion? --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. To gain without deduction; to net. [1913 Webster]
  • The profit which she cleared on the cargo. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Clear'

From: GCIDE
  • Clear \Clear\ (kl[=e]r), v. i.
  • 1. To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- of the weather; -- often followed by up, off, or away. [1913 Webster]
  • So foul a sky clears not without a storm. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Advise him to stay till the weather clears up. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To become free from turbidity; -- of solutions or suspensions of liquids; as, the salt has not completely dissolved until the suspension clears up; when refrigerated, the juice may become cloudy, but when warmed to room temperature, it clears up again. [PJC]
  • 3. To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • He that clears at once will relapse; for finding himself out of straits, he will revert to his customs; but he that cleareth by degrees induceth a habit of frugality. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Banking) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day. [1913 Webster]
  • To clear out, to go or run away; to depart. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'clear'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Clear'