English Explanatory Dictionary

clear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Transparent in colour.
  2. Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
  3. Free of obstacles.
  4. Without clouds.
  5. Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
  6. Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.
  7. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
  8. Free of guilt, or suspicion.
  9. Without a thickening ingredient.
  10. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
  11. Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
  12. Able to perceive straightforwardly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
adv
  1. All the way; entirely.
  2. Not near something or touching it.
  3. Free (or separate) from others.
  4. In a clear manner; plainly.
verb
  1. To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
  2. To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
  3. To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
  4. To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
  5. To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
  6. To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
  7. To pass without interference; to miss.
  8. To exceed a stated mark.
  9. To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
  10. Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
  11. To earn a profit of; to net.
  12. To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
noun
  1. Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
  2. The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
  3. A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
noun
  1. An idea state of beingness free of unwanted influences.

Pronunciation

/ˈklɪə/ [ˈkʰlɪə̯] /ˈkliə/ [ˈkʰliə̯] /ˈkliː/ [ˈkʰliː] /ˈklɛː/ [ˈkʰlɛː] /ˈklɪɚ/ [ˈkʰlɪɚ] ~ [ˈkʰlɪɹ̩] en-us-clear.ogg /ˈkliːɹ/ [ˈkliːɹ]

Word forms

clear clearer clearest CLR clears clearing cleared

Etymology

From Middle English clere, from Anglo-Norman cler, from Old French cler (Modern French clair), from Latin clarus. Displaced native Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr (“clear, bright”)), Middle English skere (“clear, sheer”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr (“sheer, clear, pure”)), Middle English smolt (“clear (of mind), serene”) (from Old English smolt (“peaceful, serene”)). Cognate with Danish, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish klar, Dutch klaar, French clair, Italian chiaro, Portuguese claro, Romanian clar, Spanish claro.

Synonyms

pellucid transparent clear clear as crystal crystalline diaphanous glassy hyaline hyaloid limpid lucid perspicuous see-through serene transpicuous vitreous cloudless noncloudy unclouded uncloudy apprehensible comprehensible explainable explicable explicatable fathomable graspable illuminable intelligible straightforward tangible understandable direct explicit express monosemic monosemous patent plain specific unambiguous unequivocal univocal conspicuous acute distinct keen obvious sharp vivid blameless clean pure clean-handed clean as a hound's tooth clean as a whistle dovelike guiltless innocent innocent as the babe unborn

Antonyms

opaque turbid obscure blear caliginous cimmerian crepuscular dark darksome darkling dim dimpsy dingy dull dusky fuliginous gloomy infernal leaden lightless mirksome murky murksome shady somber sombrous stygian sunless swarthy tenebrose tenebrous twilightish umbrageous unilluminated cloudy nebulous cloudish cloudlike cloudly foggy foglike fumid hazed hazy infumated mistlike misty nebulose roky smokelike smoky vaporous abstruse Chinese dense enigmatic fathomless Greek inapprehensible incognizable

Related words

clarity in the clear

Derived words

all-clear all clear as clear as a bell as clear as day as clear as mud clear-air turbulence clear and convincing evidence clear as a bell clear as a mirror clear as crystal clear as day clear as mud clear as print clear as the sun at noonday clear blue water clear-channel clearcoat Clear Creek clear cut clear-cut clear-eyed cleareyed clear game clearheaded clear-headed clear-headedness Clear Hills County clear ice clearie Clear Lake clearly clearness Clear Net clear-obscure clearomizer clear quartz Clear Range clear sailing clear-sighted clearskin clearsome clearspan Clearspring clearstarch clear stuff clear-swept cleartext clear title clear view screen clearwater clearway Clear Web clearweed cleary crystal-clear crystally clear everclear free and clear gin-clear hyperclear

Translations

Catalan: deforestar Catalan: desboscar Finnish: hakata French: raser French: déboiser German: roden Māori: waere Māori: whakarake Māori: tāwai Portuguese: desmatar Portuguese: desflorestar Spanish: deforestar Spanish: desmontar
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