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Clear

adjective
(compar. clearer; superl. clearest)
1.
Readily apparent to the mind.  "A clear explanation" , "A clear case of murder" , "A clear indication that she was angry" , "Gave us a clear idea of human nature"  Antonym: unclear.
2.
Free from confusion or doubt.  "Not clear about what is expected of us"
3.
Affording free passage or view.  Synonym: open.  "A clear path to victory" , "Open waters" , "The open countryside"
4.
Allowing light to pass through.  "Clear plastic bags" , "Clear glass" , "The air is clear and clean"  Antonym: opaque.
5.
Free from contact or proximity or connection.  "The ship was clear of the reef"
6.
Characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt).  "Regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes"
7.
(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims.  Synonyms: clean, light, unclouded.  "Clear laughter like a waterfall" , "Clear reds and blues" , "A light lilting voice like a silver bell"
8.
(especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law.  Synonym: unmortgaged.
9.
Clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible.  Synonyms: clean-cut, clear-cut.  "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"
10.
Accurately stated or described.  Synonym: well-defined.  Antonym: ill-defined.
11.
Free from clouds or mist or haze.  Antonym: cloudy.
12.
Free of restrictions or qualifications.  Synonym: clean.  "A clear winner"
13.
Free from flaw or blemish or impurity.  "The clear complexion of a healthy young woman"
14.
Clear of charges or deductions.
15.
Easily deciphered.  Synonyms: decipherable, readable.
16.
Freed from any question of guilt.  Synonyms: absolved, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated.  "Was now clear of the charge of cowardice" , "His official honor is vindicated"
17.
Characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving.  Synonym: percipient.  "A percipient author"
verb
(past & past part. cleared; pres. part. clearing)
1.
Rid of obstructions.  Synonym: unclutter.  Antonym: clutter.
2.
Make a way or path by removing objects.
3.
Become clear.  Synonyms: brighten, clear up, light up.  Antonym: overcast.
4.
Grant authorization or clearance for.  Synonyms: authorise, authorize, pass.  "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
5.
Remove.  "Clear snow from the road"
6.
Go unchallenged; be approved.  Synonym: pass.
7.
Be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts.  Antonym: bounce.
8.
Go away or disappear.
9.
Pass by, over, or under without making contact.  Synonym: top.
10.
Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.  Synonyms: clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out.  "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
11.
Free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment.
12.
Clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc..
13.
Yield as a net profit.  Synonym: net.
14.
Make as a net profit.  Synonyms: net, sack, sack up.
15.
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.  Synonyms: bring in, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in.  "She earns a lot in her new job" , "This merger brought in lots of money" , "He clears $5,000 each month"
16.
Sell.
17.
Pass an inspection or receive authorization.
18.
Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges.  Synonyms: acquit, assoil, discharge, exculpate, exonerate.  Antonym: convict.
19.
Settle, as of a debt.  Synonym: solve.  "Solve an old debt"
20.
Make clear, bright, light, or translucent.
21.
Rid of instructions or data.
22.
Remove (people) from a building.
23.
Remove the occupants of.
24.
Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound.  Synonym: clear up.
adverb
1.
Completely.  Synonym: all the way.  "Slept clear through the night" , "There were open fields clear to the horizon"
2.
In an easily perceptible manner.  Synonym: clearly.  "She cried loud and clear"
noun
1.
The state of being free of suspicion.
2.
A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water.  Synonym: open.



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... picturesque bit of modern life in Mantua. The washing-machine (when the successful instrument is invented) may do its work as well, but not so charmingly, as these Mantuan girls did. They washed the linen in a clear, swift-running stream, diverted from the dam of the Mincio to furnish mill-power within the city wall; and we could look down the watercourse past old arcades of masonry half submerged in it, past pleasant angles of houses and a lazy mill-wheel turning slowly, slowly, till our ...
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— Modern Broods • Charlotte Mary Yonge
... a healthy mind in a maggoty universe really after all worth it? Are there not soporific dreams and sweet deliriums more soothing than Reason? If Transmigration can make clear the dark Problem of Evil; if Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy can free us from the dominion of Death; if the belief that Bacon wrote Shakespeare gives a peace that the world cannot give, why pedantically reject such kindly solace? Why not be led with the ...
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... champions—with here and there another of less general renown—was arrayed, at the outset, practically all Christendom. The interest of the question came home to every person of intelligence, whatever his calling, and the more deeply as it became more and more clear how far-reaching are the real bearings of the doctrine of natural selection. Soon it was seen that should the doctrine of the survival of the favored races through the struggle for existence win, there must come with it as radical a change in man's estimate ...
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