clear

as clear as crystal

The windshield was clear and clean.

Congress passed the President’s Clear Skies legislation.

The driver had mistakenly thought the intersection was clear.

The coast is clear.

Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.

1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

"[…] On the 18th of October, 1841, a very intense magnetic disturbance was recorded, and amongst other curious facts mentioned is that of the detention of the 10:05pm express train at Exeter for 16 minutes, as from the magnetic disturbance affecting the needles so powerfully, it was impossible to ascertain if the line was clear at Starcross. The superintendent at Exeter reported the next morning that someone was playing tricks with the instruments, and would not let them work."

2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:

clear weather; a clear day

Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

(meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.

He gave clear instructions not to bother him at work.

Do I make myself clear?

I'm still not quite clear on what some of these words mean.

From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.

2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

NR Chairman Sir Peter Hendy had made it clear that he didn't want anything that smacked of the bus shelters seen at many small, usually unstaffed stations.

2021 June 30, Anthony Lambert, “A railway station fit for the 21st century”, in RAIL, number 934, page 42:

Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.

a clear conscience

Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere,
 In action faithful, and in honour clear

1754, Alexander Pope, “Verses occasioned by Mr. Addison's treatise of medals”, in Joseph Addison, Dialogues Upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals, page 5:

(figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.

(of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.

clear of texture; clear of odor

Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.

Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair. She said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear. Did you ever go clear?

1971, Leonard Cohen, Famous Blue Raincoat:

(Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).

a clear intellect; a clear head

Mother of Science, Now I feel thy Power
 Within me cleere, not onely to diſcerne
 Things in thir Cauſes, but to trace the wayes
 Of higheſt Agents

1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.

with a countenance as clear / As friendship wears at feasts

c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.

Hark! the numbers, soft and clear
 Gently steal upon the ear

c. 1708, Alexander Pope, Ode On St. Cecilia's Day:

clear sand

a clear complexion; clear lumber

high school girls with clear-skinned smiles

Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.

a clear profit

I often wished that I had clear
 For life, six hundred pounds a year

1728, Jonathan Swift, Horace, Lib. 2, Sat. 6:

The signals were clear to allow the train through Soham, as it steadily approached.

2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:

(of a railway signal) Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.

Nando's is clear.

Spurs are clear of Arsenal.

en-adj

clear (comparative clearer, superlative clearest)

clearer (comparative)
clearest (superlative)
CLR (alternative)

→ Welsh: clir

аҵәца́

meteorology: less than one-eighth obscured by clouds

-ton

possessing little or no perceptible stimuli

clear-tila

scientology: free from the influence of engrams

no adjective, cases of this noun used to produce adjectival expressions

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 klar, Dutch klaar, French clair, German klar, Italian chiaro, Norwegian klar, Portuguese claro, Romanian clar, Spanish claro, and Swedish klar.


clear

I threw it clear across the river to the other side.

Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming.

Much soul-searching is going on at the west London club who, just seven weeks ago, were five points clear at the top of the table and playing with the verve with which they won the title last season.

2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:

Now clear I understand
 What oft my steadiest thoughts have searched in vain

1667, John Milton, “Book XII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

I want you to know how he spoke: he spoke loud, and he spoke clear.

1988, Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses:

Can't they see for themselves? Course not. Looks like dust to them, so they can't see it clear at all

I would get very short with people and speak clear of my feelings without consideration of their feelings.

2005, Sammatha Crosby Scott, There's a War Inside of Me, page 111:

Then I heard clear your mother's voice, crying out in distress!

2009, Stephen James Shore, Annalea A Princess in Exile, page 160:

Now when God called him, Moses told God immediately that he could not speak clear enough to be this leader.

2010, Jack Mayatt, A Better Man: An Inspirational Book, page 20:


clear

Police took two hours to clear the road.

If you clear the table, I'll wash up.

“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.
 Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,[…].

1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

Faith, Dick, I muſt confeſs, ’tis true
(But this is only Entre Nous)
That many knotty Points there are,
Which All diſcuſs, but Few can clear.

1715–8, Matthew Prior, “Alma: or, The Progreſs of the Mind” in Poems on Several Occaſions (1741), canto III, p.297

‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.[…]’

1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.

2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:

(transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.

Please clear all this stuff off the table.

The loggers came and cleared the trees.

[…] Aristotle has brought to explain his Doctrine of Substantial Forms, when he tells us that a Statue lies hid in a Block of Marble; and that the Art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous Matter, and removes the Rubbish.

1711 November 6, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, number 215:

(transitive) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.

Then the whole population cleared into the forest, expecting all kinds of calamities to happen, while, on the other hand, the steamer Fresleven commanded left also in a bad panic, in charge of the engineer, I believe.

1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 199:

(intransitive) To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.

To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.

When the road cleared we continued our journey.

After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.

Shake the test tube well, and the liquid should slowly clear.

(intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.

We need to clear this issue once and for all.

(transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.

The court cleared the man of murder.

[…] yet I appeal to the reader, and am sure he will clear me from Partiality.

1713, John Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Antient and Modern:

How! Wouldst thou clear rebellion?

1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, a Tragedy, act III, scene v:

(transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.

The door just barely clears the table as it closes.

The leaping horse easily cleared the hurdles.

(transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.

She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres.

(transitive, activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.

I cleared the first level in 36 seconds.

(transitive, video games) To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).

To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).

The check might not clear for a couple of days.

(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.

He's been clearing seven thousand a week.

The profit which she cleared on the cargo […] cannot be estimated at less than a thousand guineas.

1843, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume I, chapter V:

(transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.

Air traffic control cleared the plane to land.

The marketing department has cleared the press release for publication.

(transitive) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.

I've cleared the press release with the marketing department, so go ahead and publish it.

(transitive) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.

To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.

The steamer cleared for Liverpool today.

(transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.

Beſides, he that cleares at once will relapſe: for finding himſelfe out of ſtraights, he will reuert to his cuſtomes. But hee that cleareth by degrees, induceth an habite of frugality, and gaineth as well vpon his minde, as vpon his Eſtate.

1613, Francis Bacon, The Eſſaies (second edition), essay 18: “Of Expences”

To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.

The goalkeeper rushed forward to clear the ball.

A low cross came in, and Smith cleared.

Bolton then went even closer when Elmander's cross was met by a bullet header from Holden, which forced a wonderful tip over from Cech before Drogba then cleared the resulting corner off the line.

2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1-0 Bolton”, in BBC:

(transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.

to clear an array;  to clear a single bit (binary digit) in a value

(transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.

To get the footer acting right, you need to float it and clear it on both margins.

2010, Andy Harris, HTML, XHTML and CSS All-In-One For Dummies, page 290:

(transitive, computing) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.

To prevent any shooting accidents, remember to clear your pistol and stay aware of your surroundings.

(transitive, firearms) To unload a firearm, or undergo an unloading procedure, in order to prevent negligent discharge; for safety reasons, to check whether one's firearm is loaded or unloaded.

en-verb

clear (third-person singular simple present clears, present participle clearing, simple past and past participle cleared)

clears (present singular third-person)
clearing (participle present)
cleared (participle past)
cleared (past)
CLR (alternative)

çliroj

to remove obstructions or impediments from

raivata

to remove in order to make something else unobstructed

освобождавам се

to become clear or freed from obstructions

qartesohem

to eliminate ambiguity or doubt; to clarify

saada lupa

to obtain permission to use a sample of copyrighted audio in another track

rebutjar

sports: to defend by moving the ball away from the defending goal


clear

a room ten feet square in the clear

(carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.

It took me weeks to achieve a one-credit clear (1CC).

(video games) The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.

Today, clear status can be conferred only by high ranking ministers of the church, and clears are not presented for examination by outsiders.

1985, Rodney Stark, William Sims Bainbridge, The Future of Religion, page 269:

(Scientology) A person who is free from the influence of engrams.