clear
/ˈklɪɚ/ verb B1- To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from. · Police took two hours to clear the road.· If you clear the table, I'll wash up.
- To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open. · Please clear all this stuff off the table.· The loggers came and cleared the trees.
- To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
- To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent. · When the road cleared we continued our journey.· After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.
- To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up. · We need to clear this issue once and for all.
- To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime. · The court cleared the man of murder.
- To pass without interference; to miss. · The door just barely clears the table as it closes.· The leaping horse easily cleared the hurdles.
- To exceed a stated mark. · She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres.
He/she/it clears · Past cleared · Past participle cleared · -ing form clearing
Verb forms
- Base form
- clear
- He/she/it
- clears
- Past
- cleared
- Past participle
- cleared
- -ing form
- clearing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
The one is clear and firm.
The purport is perfectly clear.
Gilbert Blythe spelled her down in class and left her clear out of sight in mental arithmetic.
They left the cottage and walked through the trees until they found a little spring of clear water, where Dorothy drank and bathed and ate her breakfast.
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