From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Clear \Clear\ (kl[=e]r), a. [Compar. {Clearer} (-[~e]r); superl.
{Clearest}.] [OE. cler, cleer, OF. cler, F. clair, fr.L.
clarus, clear, bright, loud, distinct, renowned; perh. akin
to L. clamare to call, E. claim. Cf. {Chanticleer},
{Clairvoyant}, {Claret}, {Clarify}.]
1. Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light;
luminous; unclouded.
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The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear.
--Denham.
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Fair as the moon, clear as the sun. --Canticles
vi. 10.
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2. Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous;
plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.
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One truth is clear; whatever is, is right. --Pope.
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3. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating;
discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.
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Mother of science! now I feel thy power
Within me clear, not only to discern
Things in their causes, but to trace the ways
Of highest agents. --Milton.
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4. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
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With a countenance as clear
As friendship wears at feasts. --Shak.
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5. Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.
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Hark! the numbers soft and clear
Gently steal upon the ear. --Pope.
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6. Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.
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7. Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as,
a clear complexion; clear lumber.
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8. Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.
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Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere,
In action faithful, and in honor clear. --Pope.
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9. Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
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I often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a-year. --Swift
.
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10. Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a
clear view; to keep clear of debt.
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My companion . . . left the way clear for him.
--Addison.
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11. Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.
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The cruel corporal whispered in my ear,
Five pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear.
--Gay.
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{Clear breach}. See under {Breach}, n., 4.
{Clear days} (Law.), days reckoned from one day to another,
excluding both the first and last day; as, from Sunday to
Sunday there are six clear days.
{Clear stuff}, boards, planks, etc., free from knots.
Syn: Manifest; pure; unmixed; pellucid; transparent;
luminous; obvious; visible; plain; evident; apparent;
distinct; perspicuous. See {Manifest}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Clear \Clear\ (kl[=e]r), v. i.
1. To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- of
the weather; -- often followed by up, off, or away.
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So foul a sky clears not without a storm. --Shak.
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Advise him to stay till the weather clears up.
--Swift.
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2. To become free from turbidity; -- of solutions or
suspensions of liquids; as, the salt has not completely
dissolved until the suspension clears up; when
refrigerated, the juice may become cloudy, but when warmed
to room temperature, it clears up again.
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3. To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or
entanglements; to become free. [Obs.]
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He that clears at once will relapse; for finding
himself out of straits, he will revert to his
customs; but he that cleareth by degrees induceth a
habit of frugality. --Bacon.
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3. (Banking) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and
settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.
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4. To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for
Liverpool to-day.
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{To clear out}, to go or run away; to depart. [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Clear \Clear\ (kl[=e]r), n. (Carp.)
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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Clear \Clear\, adv.
1. In a clear manner; plainly.
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Now clear I understand
What oft . . . thoughts have searched in vain.
--Milton.
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2. Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a
piece clear off.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Clear \Clear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Clearing}.]
1. To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from
clouds.
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He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north.
--Dryden.
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2. To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.
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3. To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of
perplexity; to make perspicuous.
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Many knotty points there are
Which all discuss, but few can clear. --Prior.
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4. To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to
make perspicacious.
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Our common prints would clear up their
understandings. --Addison
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5. 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.
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Clear your mind of cant. --Dr. Johnson.
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A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art
of the statuary only clears away the superfluous
matter. --Addison.
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6. To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify,
vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the
thing imputed.
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I . . . am sure he will clear me from partiality.
--Dryden.
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How! wouldst thou clear rebellion? --Addison.
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7. To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure;
as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
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8. To gain without deduction; to net.
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The profit which she cleared on the cargo.
--Macaulay.
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{To clear a ship at the customhouse}, to exhibit the
documents required by law, give bonds, or perform other
acts requisite, and procure a permission to sail, and such
papers as the law requires.
{To clear a ship for action}, or {To clear for action}
(Naut.), to remove incumbrances from the decks, and
prepare for an engagement.
{To clear the land} (Naut.), to gain such a distance from
shore as to have sea room, and be out of danger from the
land.
{To clear hawse} (Naut.), to disentangle the cables when
twisted.
{To clear up}, to explain; to dispel, as doubts, cares or
fears.
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