clears
verb
- 1
To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
“If you clear the table, I'll wash up.”
- 2
To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
“Please clear all this stuff off the table.”
- 3
To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
“After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.”
- 4
To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
“We need to clear this issue once and for all.”
- 5
To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
“The court cleared the man of murder.”
- 6
To pass without interference; to miss.
“The door just barely clears the table as it closes.”
- 7
(activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.
“She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres.”
- 8
To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
“I cleared the first level in 36 seconds.”
- 9
Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
“The check might not clear for a couple of days.”
- 10
To earn a profit of; to net.
“He's been clearing seven thousand a week.”
- 11
To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
“Air traffic control cleared the plane to land.”
- 12
To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
“I've cleared the press release with the marketing department, so go ahead and publish it.”
- 13
To obtain a clearance.
“The steamer cleared for Liverpool today.”
- 14
To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- 15
To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- 16
To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
“A low cross came in, and Smith cleared.”
- 17
To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
“to clear an array; to clear a single bit (binary digit) in a value”
- 18
To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
A relatively strong, coarse flour that has only been sifted once.
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