| Clear |
superl. |
Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded. |
| Clear |
superl. |
Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable. |
| Clear |
superl. |
Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head. |
| Clear |
superl. |
Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful. |
| Clear |
superl. |
Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous. |
| Clear |
superl. |
Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand. |
| Clear |
superl. |
Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber. |
| Clear |
superl. |
Free from guilt or stain; unblemished. |
| Clear |
superl. |
Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit. |
| Clear |
superl. |
Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt. |
| Clear |
superl. |
Free from embarrassment; detention, etc. |
| Clear |
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. |
| Clear |
adv. |
In a clear manner; plainly. |
| Clear |
adv. |
Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off. |
| Clear |
v. t. |
To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds. |
| Clear |
v. t. |
To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse. |
| Clear |
v. t. |
To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous. |
| Clear |
v. t. |
To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious. |
| Clear |
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. |
| Clear |
v. t. |
To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit;
often used with from before the thing imputed. |
| Clear |
v. t. |
To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef. |
| Clear |
v. t. |
To gain without deduction; to net. |
| Clear |
v. i. |
To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair;
often followed by up, off, or away. |
| Clear |
v. i. |
To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free. |
| Clear |
v. i. |
To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house. |
| Clear |
v. i. |
To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day. |
