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