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Clear   /klɪr/   Listen
adjective
Clear  adj.  (compar. clearer; superl. clearest)  
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 ambiguity 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.
Synonyms: Manifest; pure; unmixed; pellucid; transparent; luminous; obvious; visible; plain; evident; apparent; distinct; perspicuous. See Manifest.


verb
Clear  v. t.  (past & past part. cleared; pres. part. 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 failure; 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  v. i.  
1.
To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; of the weather; often followed by up, off, or away. "So foul a sky clears not without a storm." "Advise him to stay till the weather clears up."
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.
3.
To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free. (Obs.) "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."
4.
(Banking) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.
5.
To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day.
To clear out, to go or run away; to depart. (Colloq.)


adverb
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.


noun
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.





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"Clear" Quotes from Famous Books



... in a firm, clear voice. "When I was choosing my name I took 'Kamama the Butterfly' because it was such a pretty design to put on my dress, and not because it meant anything to me. I do not wish to be known as 'Kamama the Butterfly' any longer. If I may, I would like to take the name ...
— The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods - Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping • Hildegard G. Frey
... ridicule is pointless; when the mind, armed by truth and elevated by humanity, rejects its insidious efforts—and, absorbed by more laudable feelings, despises even the smile of contempt. The justice of Lecointre's cause supplied his want of external advantages: and his arguments were so clear and so unanswerable, that the plain diction in which they were conveyed was more impressive than the most finished eloquence; and neither the malice nor sarcasms of his enemies had any effect but on those who were ...
— A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, • An English Lady
... I have heard men say who didn't care about him particularly, and who were not at all of his way of thinking, that they would rather not discuss with him. He was sure to win them over to his cause with his wonderful, clear persuasive arguments. ...
— My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 • Mary King Waddington
... by the mound on which the Mexicans had made their brief stand. The three said little. Even the Ring Tailed Panther had thoughts that were not voiced. The hill, the site of the first battle in their great struggle, stood out, clear and sharp, in the moonlight. But it ...
— The Texan Star - The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty • Joseph A. Altsheler
... Bonaventure, had expressed some doubt as to George being old enough for the responsibility of command, but he did not know the lad so well as old Si Radlett did, and had not followed his career with the same interest; and no sooner was the Nonsuch clear of the channel—which event occurred on the day following that of her departure from Plymouth—than the young commander began to justify the confidence which his new owner had ...
— The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer • Harry Collingwood


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