·adv In a clear manner; plainly.
II. Clear ·superl Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.
III. Clear ·superl Free from embarrassment; detention, ·etc.
IV. Clear ·superl Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
V. Clear ·superl Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.
VI. Clear ·superl Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.
VII. Clear ·superl Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
VIII. Clear ·vt To gain without deduction; to Net.
IX. Clear ·vt To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds.
X. Clear ·vi To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day.
XI. Clear ·superl Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
XII. Clear ·adv Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.
XIII. Clear ·vt To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious.
XIV. Clear ·vt To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous.
XV. Clear ·vi To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
XVI. Clear ·vi To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair;
— often followed by up, off, or away.
XVII. Clear ·vi To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.
XVIII. Clear ·vt To free from impurities; to Clarify; to Cleanse.
XIX. Clear ·superl Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.
XX. Clear ·superl Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.
XXI. Clear ·vt To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
XXII. Clear ·superl Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.
XXIII. Clear ·superl Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.
XXIV. Clear ·vt To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit;
— often used with from before the thing imputed.
XXV. Clear ·noun 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.
XXVI. Clear ·vt 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.