clear

1. superl. Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded. Source: opted

2. superl. Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable. Source: opted

3. superl. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head. Source: opted

4. superl. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful. Source: opted

5. superl. Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous. Source: opted

6. superl. Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand. Source: opted

7. superl. Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber. Source: opted

8. superl. Free from guilt or stain; unblemished. Source: opted

9. superl. Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit. Source: opted

10. superl. Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt. Source: opted

11. superl. Free from embarrassment; detention, etc. Source: opted

12. n. 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. Source: opted

13. adv. In a clear manner; plainly. Source: opted

14. adv. Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off. Source: opted

15. v. t. To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds. Source: opted

16. v. t. To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse. Source: opted

17. v. t. To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous. Source: opted

18. v. t. To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious. Source: opted

19. v. t. 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. Source: opted

20. v. t. To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the thing imputed. Source: opted

21. v. t. To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef. Source: opted

22. v. t. To gain without deduction; to net. Source: opted

23. v. i. To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- often followed by up, off, or away. Source: opted

24. v. i. To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free. Source: opted

25. v. i. To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house. Source: opted

26. v. i. To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day. Source: opted

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