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Clearing

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Definitions for Clearing

noun
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
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noun
the act of freeing from suspicion
noun
the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
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verb
rid of obstructions
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  1. Clear your desk
verb
make a way or path by removing objects
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  1. Clear a path through the dense forest
verb
become clear
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clear up clear light up brighten
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  1. The sky cleared after the storm
verb
grant authorization or clearance for
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  1. Clear the manuscript for publication
  2. The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
verb
remove
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  1. clear the leaves from the lawn
  2. Clear snow from the road
verb
go unchallenged
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  1. be approved
  2. The bill cleared the House
verb
be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts
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  1. The check will clear within 2 business days
verb
go away or disappear
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  1. The fog cleared in the afternoon
verb
pass by, over, or under without making contact
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  1. the balloon cleared the tree tops
verb
make free from confusion or ambiguity
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clear clear up shed light on crystallize crystallise crystalize crystalise straighten out sort out enlighten illuminate elucidate
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  1. make clear
  2. Could you clarify these remarks?
  3. Clear up the question of who is at fault
verb
free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment
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  1. Clear the ship and let it dock
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clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.
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  1. clear the water before it can be drunk
verb
yield as a net profit
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  1. This sale netted me $1 million
verb
make as a net profit
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net sack sack up clear
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  1. The company cleared $1 million
verb
earn on some commercial or business transaction
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gain take in clear make earn realize realise pull in bring in
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  1. earn as salary or wages
  2. How much do you make a month in your new job?
  3. She earns a lot in her new job
  4. this merger brought in lots of money
  5. He clears $5,000 each month
verb
sell
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  1. We cleared a lot of the old model cars
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pass an inspection or receive authorization
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  1. clear customs
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pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
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  1. The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
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settle, as of a debt
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  1. clear a debt
  2. solve an old debt
verb
make clear, bright, light, or translucent
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  1. The water had to be cleared through filtering
verb
rid of instructions or data
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  1. clear a memory buffer
verb
remove (people) from a building
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  1. clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat
verb
remove the occupants of
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  1. Clear the building
verb
free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
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clear clear up
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  1. Clear the throat

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