clearing
/ˈklɪɹɪŋ/ noun B2- The act or process of making or becoming clear.
- An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
- An open space in the fog etc.
- A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.
- A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
- The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.
Plural clearings
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It seemed to me that the mists in my own mind were gradually clearing away, and I began to have a dim, vague perception of the truth.
Hammond from up the river came down and said she’d take me, seeing I was handy with children, and I went up the river to live with her in a little clearing among the stumps.
When they came to a hill stream, Bagheera gained, because he bounded across while Kaa swam, his head and two feet of his neck clearing the water, but on level ground Kaa made up the distance.
It was a September evening and all the gaps and clearings in the woods were brimmed up with ruby sunset light.
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