"clear the neighborhood" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: clears the neighborhood [present, singular, third-person], clearing the neighborhood [participle, present], cleared the neighborhood [participle, past], cleared the neighborhood [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clear the neighborhood (third-person singular simple present clears the neighborhood, present participle clearing the neighborhood, simple past and past participle cleared the neighborhood)
  1. (astronomy, of a celestial body) To become gravitationally dominant, such that there are no other bodies of comparable size within its orbit, other than its natural satellites or those otherwise under its gravitational influence. Categories (topical): Astronomy, Gravity, Orbits
    Sense id: en-clear_the_neighborhood-en-verb-EW2XJjj5 Disambiguation of Gravity: 86 14 Disambiguation of Orbits: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see clear, the, neighborhood. Synonyms: clear the neighbourhood Related terms: Pluto, which in 2006 was ruled not to be a planet, because it had not cleared its neighborhood
    Sense id: en-clear_the_neighborhood-en-verb-FxO-Bkbh

Inflected forms

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