"clear away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: clears away [present, singular, third-person], clearing away [participle, present], cleared away [participle, past], cleared away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clear away (third-person singular simple present clears away, present participle clearing away, simple past and past participle cleared away)
  1. (transitive) To tidy up, to remove mess or obstacles from a place to make it neat. Tags: transitive Translations (tidy up): whakaatea (Maori)
    Sense id: en-clear_away-en-verb-ErNPZfLF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 6 28 14 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 52 8 25 15 Disambiguation of 'tidy up': 82 3 11 5
  2. (intransitive) To leave, disappear. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-clear_away-en-verb-fvL32t~t
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To dispose of, to get rid of, to remove. Tags: figuratively, transitive Translations (dispose of, get rid of): cart (Irish), whakaatea (Maori), wae (Maori)
    Sense id: en-clear_away-en-verb-pYH6qUqo Disambiguation of 'dispose of, get rid of': 16 2 78 4
  4. (nautical, transitive) To prepare some object for use by removing obstacles, untying or unfastening it. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-clear_away-en-verb-5jCeiSfU Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To tidy up, to remove mess or obstacles from a place to make it neat."
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        "To leave, disappear."
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        "(intransitive) To leave, disappear."
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        "To dispose of, to get rid of, to remove."
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          "ref": "1897, Conan Doyle, The Dealings of Captain Sharkey with Stephen Craddock",
          "text": "Keep the ports closed, but clear away the port guns, and stand by for a broadside. Another two cable lengths and we have them.",
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        "(transitive) To tidy up, to remove mess or obstacles from a place to make it neat."
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      "sense": "tidy up",
      "word": "whakaatea"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "dispose of, get rid of",
      "word": "cart"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "dispose of, get rid of",
      "word": "whakaatea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "dispose of, get rid of",
      "word": "wae"
    }
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