Clear

Definition:

  • (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.
  • (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.

Compare clear with other words:

clear vs. emphatically

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clear vs. sweep

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clear vs. detailed

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cleanse vs. clear

clear vs. discloud

clear vs. undull

clear vs. illuminous

clear vs. luculently

clear vs. semipellucid

clear vs. clearage

clear vs. concinnate

clear vs. clutterless

clear vs. solve

clear vs. nullify

clear vs. understandable

clear vs. definite

clear vs. los

clear vs. content

chair vs. clear

clear vs. hand

clear vs. intension

clear vs. explain

clear vs. faint

bold vs. clear

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clear vs. wordy

clear vs. fair

clear vs. fresh

clear vs. noticeable

clear vs. sunny

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clear vs. primarily

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clear vs. quaternary

clear vs. manus

base vs. clear

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clear vs. polish

clear vs. inlaw

arak vs. clear

clear vs. constat

clear vs. mistakable

clear vs. unstop

clear vs. unplug

clear vs. inky

clear vs. conspicuity

clear vs. liquidate

clear vs. ringing

clear vs. clearer

clear vs. perspicuous

clear vs. secondary

clear vs. quadrumana

clear vs. factor

clear vs. unobstructed

clean vs. clear

ambiguous vs. clear

clear vs. halcyon

clear vs. evident

clear vs. lucent

blurry vs. clear

clear vs. muddy

clear vs. collodion

clear vs. explicit

clear vs. pellucid

clear vs. unambiguous

clear vs. crystalline

clear vs. comprehensible

bushwhacker vs. clear

clear vs. lucid

clear vs. unequivocal

clear vs. dense

clear vs. plain

clear vs. immaculate

clear vs. opaque

clear vs. obvious

articulate vs. clear

clear vs. vindicate

clear vs. turbid

clear vs. hazy

clear vs. expound

clear vs. evacuation

clarification vs. clear

breach vs. clear

atone vs. clear

clear vs. define

clear vs. fuzzy

clear vs. kite

clear vs. redeem

avoid vs. clear

acquit vs. clear

apparent vs. clear

clear vs. snot

brilliant vs. clear

aloof vs. clear

clear vs. elucidate

clear vs. leer

clear vs. empty

clear vs. purge

clear vs. erase

clear vs. shiny

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clear vs. obtuse

clear vs. manifest

bus vs. clear

clear vs. waffle

clear vs. clearing

clear vs. stub

clear vs. tree

clear vs. forest

clear vs. fell

clear vs. puck

ball vs. clear

clear vs. defend

clear vs. clearance

clear vs. sample

clear vs. profit

clear vs. net

clear vs. process

clear vs. payment

clear vs. transaction

clear vs. miss

check vs. clear

clarify vs. clear

clear vs. impediment

clear vs. separate

clear vs. obstruction

clear vs. touch

clear vs. near

clear vs. entirely

clear vs. clearness

clear vs. clearly

clarity vs. clear

clear vs. perceptible

clear vs. soup

clear vs. thicken

clear vs. suspicion

clear vs. guilt

clear vs. sharp

clear vs. doubt

ambiguity vs. clear

clear vs. obscure

clear vs. obstacle

clear vs. colour

clear vs. dark

clear vs. transparent

beautiful vs. clear

card vs. clear

bright vs. clear

clear vs. legible

clear vs. distinct

clear vs. thick

clear vs. intelligible

clear vs. connotation

clear vs. definition

clear vs. reef

clear vs. irreducible

clear vs. free