Noun
a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water; "finally broke out of the forest into the open"

Noun
the state of being free of suspicion; "investigation showed that he was in the clear"

Verb
free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"

Verb
rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk"

Verb
remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"

Verb
make a way or path by removing objects; "Clear a path through the dense forest"

Verb
remove the occupants of; "Clear the building"

Verb
remove (people) from a building; "clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat"

Verb
rid of instructions or data; "clear a memory buffer"

Verb
make clear, bright, light, or translucent; "The water had to be cleared through filtering"

Verb
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

Verb
settle, as of a debt; "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt"

Verb
grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

Verb
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"

Verb
pass an inspection or receive authorization; "clear customs"

Verb
pass by, over, or under without making contact; "the balloon cleared the tree tops"

Verb
go away or disappear; "The fog cleared in the afternoon"

Verb
sell; "We cleared a lot of the old model cars"

Verb
be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts; "The check will clear within 2 business days"

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"

Verb
make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"

Verb
yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"

Verb
clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.; "clear the water before it can be drunk"

Verb
free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment; "Clear the ship and let it dock"

Verb
go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House"

Verb
become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm"

Adjective S.
of complexion; without such blemishes as e.g. acne; "the clear complexion of a healthy young woman"

Adjective
clear 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"

Adjective
free from cloudiness; allowing light to pass through; "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean"

Adjective S.
free from confusion or doubt; "a complex problem requiring a clear head"; "not clear about what is expected of us"

Adjective
free from clouds or mist or haze; "on a clear day"

Adjective
accurately stated or described; "a set of well-defined values"

Adjective S.
characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving; "clear mind"; "a percipient author"

Adjective S.
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"

Adjective S.
(especially of a title) free from any encumberance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law; "I have clear title to this property"

Adjective S.
freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated"

Adjective S.
easily deciphered

Adjective S.
clear of charges or deductions; "a clear profit"

Adjective S.
affording free passage or view; "a clear view"; "a clear path to victory"

Adjective S.
free from flaw or blemish or impurity; "a clear perfect diamond"

Adjective S.
(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"

Adjective S.
free of restrictions or qualifications; "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner"

Adjective S.
characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt); "a clear conscience"; "regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes"

Adverb
in an easily perceptible manner; "could be seen clearly under the microscope"; "She cried loud and clear"

Adverb
completely; "read the book clear to the end"; "slept clear through the night"; "there were open fields clear to the horizon"

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superl.
Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

superl.
Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.

superl.
Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.

superl.
Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.

superl.
Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.

superl.
Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.

superl.
Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.

superl.
Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.

superl.
Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.

superl.
Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.

superl.
Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.

n.
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.

adv.
In a clear manner; plainly.

adv.
Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.

v. t.
To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds.

v. t.
To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.

v. t.
To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous.

v. t.
To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the thing imputed.

v. t.
To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.

v. t.
To gain without deduction; to net.

v. i.
To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- often followed by up, off, or away.

v. i.
To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.

v. i.
To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.

v. i.
To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day.

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Clear

Clear , a. [Compar. Clearer ; superl. Clearest.] [OE. cler, cleer, OF. cler, F. clair, fr.L. clarus, clear, broght, loud, distinct, renownwd; perh. akin to L. clamare to call, E. claim. Cf. Chanticleer, Clairvoyant, Claret, Clarufy.] 1. Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear.

Fair as the moon, clear as the sun.

2. Free from ambiquity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.

One truth is clear; whatever is, is right.

3. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.

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.

4. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.

With a countenance as clear As friendship wears at feasts.

5. Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.

Hark! the numbers soft and clear Gently steal upon the ear.

6. Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand. 7. Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber. 8. Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.

Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honor clear.

9. Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.

I often wished that I had clear, For life, six hundred pounds a-year.

. 10. Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.

My companion . . . left the way clear for him.

11. Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.

The cruel corporal whispered in my ear, Five pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear.

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.

Clear

Clear , 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.

Clear

Clear, adv. 1. In a clear manner; plainly.

Now clear I understand What oft . . . thoughts have searched in vain.

2. Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.

Clear

Clear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Clearing.] 1. To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds.

He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north.

2. To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse. 3. To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous.

Many knotty points there are Which all discuss, but few can clear.

4. To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious.

Our common prints would clear up their understandings.

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.

Clear your mind of cant.

A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter.

6. To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the thing imputed.

I . . . am sure he will clear me from partiality.

How! wouldst thou clear rebellion?

7. To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or fallure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef. 8. To gain without deduction; to net.

The profit which she cleared on the cargo.

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.

Clear

Clear , v. i. 1. To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- often fallowed by up, off, or away.

So foul a sky clears without a strom.

Advise him to stay till the weather clears up.

2. To disengage one's self frpm incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free. [rk> He that clears at once will relapse; for finding himself out of straits, he will revert to the customs; but he that cleareth by degrees induceth a habit of frugality. 3. (Banking) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house. 4. To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day.

To clear out, to go or run away; to depart. [Colloq.]

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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.

In a clear manner; plainly.

To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds.

To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- often fallowed by up, off, or away.