<adj.all> a clear and present danger a clear explanation a clear case of murder a clear indication that she was angry gave us a clear idea of human nature
allowing light to pass through
<adj.all> clear water clear plastic bags clear glass the air is clear and clean
accurately stated or described
<adj.all> a set of well-defined values
free from clouds or mist or haze
<adj.all> on a clear day [ adv ]
completely
<adv.all> read the book clear to the end slept clear through the night there were open fields clear to the horizon
in an easily perceptible manner
<adv.all> could be seen clearly under the microscope She cried loud and clear [ adj ]
free from confusion or doubt
<adj.all> a complex problem requiring a clear head not clear about what is expected of us
affording free passage or view
<adj.all> a clear view a clear path to victory open waters the open countryside
free from contact or proximity or connection
<adj.all> we were clear of the danger the ship was clear of the reef
characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)
<adj.all> a clear conscience regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes
(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
<adj.all> efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings clear laughter like a waterfall clear reds and blues a light lilting voice like a silver bell
(especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law
<adj.all> I have clear title to this property
clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
<adj.all> as clear as a whistle clear footprints in the snow the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather a spire clean-cut against the sky a clear-cut pattern
free of restrictions or qualifications
<adj.all> a clean bill of health a clear winner
free from flaw or blemish or impurity
<adj.all> a clear perfect diamond the clear complexion of a healthy young woman
clear of charges or deductions
<adj.all> a clear profit
easily deciphered
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freed from any question of guilt
<adj.all> is absolved from all blame was now clear of the charge of cowardice his official honor is vindicated
characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
<adj.all> clear mind a percipient author
Clear \Clear\ (kl[=e]r), a. [Compar. {Clearer} (-[~e]r); superl. {Clearest}.] [OE. cler, cleer, OF. cler, F. clair, fr.L. clarus, clear, bright, loud, distinct, renowned; perh. akin to L. clamare to call, E. claim. Cf. {Chanticleer}, {Clairvoyant}, {Claret}, {Clarify}.] 1. Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear. --Denham.
Fair as the moon, clear as the sun. --Canticles vi. 10.
2. Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.
One truth is clear; whatever is, is right. --Pope.
3. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.
Mother of science! now I feel thy power Within me clear, not only to discern Things in their causes, but to trace the ways Of highest agents. --Milton.
4. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
With a countenance as clear As friendship wears at feasts. --Shak.
5. Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.
Hark! the numbers soft and clear Gently steal upon the ear. --Pope.
6. Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.
7. Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.
8. Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.
Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honor clear. --Pope.
9. Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
I often wished that I had clear, For life, six hundred pounds a-year. --Swift .
10. Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.
My companion . . . left the way clear for him. --Addison.
11. Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.
The cruel corporal whispered in my ear, Five pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear. --Gay.
{Clear breach}. See under {Breach}, n., 4.
{Clear days} (Law.), days reckoned from one day to another, excluding both the first and last day; as, from Sunday to Sunday there are six clear days.
{Clear stuff}, boards, planks, etc., free from knots.
Clear \Clear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clearing}.] 1. To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds.
He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north. --Dryden.
2. To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.
3. To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous.
Many knotty points there are Which all discuss, but few can clear. --Prior.
4. To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious.
Our common prints would clear up their understandings. --Addison
5. 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.
Clear your mind of cant. --Dr. Johnson.
A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter. --Addison.
6. To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the thing imputed.
I . . . am sure he will clear me from partiality. --Dryden.
How! wouldst thou clear rebellion? --Addison.
7. To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
8. To gain without deduction; to net.
The profit which she cleared on the cargo. --Macaulay.
{To clear a ship at the customhouse}, to exhibit the documents required by law, give bonds, or perform other acts requisite, and procure a permission to sail, and such papers as the law requires.
{To clear a ship for action}, or {To clear for action} (Naut.), to remove incumbrances from the decks, and prepare for an engagement.
{To clear the land} (Naut.), to gain such a distance from shore as to have sea room, and be out of danger from the land.
{To clear hawse} (Naut.), to disentangle the cables when twisted.
{To clear up}, to explain; to dispel, as doubts, cares or fears.
Clear \Clear\ (kl[=e]r), n. (Carp.) 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.
Clear \Clear\, adv. 1. In a clear manner; plainly.
Now clear I understand What oft . . . thoughts have searched in vain. --Milton.
2. Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.
Clear \Clear\ (kl[=e]r), v. i. 1. To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- of the weather; -- often followed by up, off, or away.
So foul a sky clears not without a storm. --Shak.
Advise him to stay till the weather clears up. --Swift.
2. To become free from turbidity; -- of solutions or suspensions of liquids; as, the salt has not completely dissolved until the suspension clears up; when refrigerated, the juice may become cloudy, but when warmed to room temperature, it clears up again. [PJC]
3. To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free. [Obs.]
He that clears at once will relapse; for finding himself out of straits, he will revert to his customs; but he that cleareth by degrees induceth a habit of frugality. --Bacon.
3. (Banking) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.
4. To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day.
{To clear out}, to go or run away; to depart. [Colloq.]
In the Napoli pas, and then in a fragment from Le Papillon, he showed a phenomenal facility - a circuit of the stage interspersing racing leaps with tight, clear pirouettes was astonishing.
Soldiers later were seen breaking into houses and ordering residents to clear rocks from the streets.
A successful override later this year in the Democratic-controlled Assembly would clear the way for the electric chair to be put back into use in the nation's second largest state. California already has the death penalty.
DiMartino said Wright admitted to the three attacks he was charged with, but didn't have a clear motive.
Rather than break new ground, the proposed laws would formalize changes already under way in the economy and clear up confusion over the new practices.
'But in spite of a clear weakening, there are still no symptoms of a recession.'
But former Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger made clear he didn't think the concept was funny when it applied to Pentagon spending.
I don't think you have any instance as flagrant as this one." Just how flagrant is too flagrant isn't clear under Florida law: A certain degree of "pre-petition planning," as bankruptcy lawyers like to call it, is acceptable.
He declined to speculate on how long Eastern could stay alive, but said "the economics are clear."
It was not clear how many organs were found.
Their intentions, I think, were clear _ to try to decapitate the Cristiani government.
An industry analyst, Robert B. Morris III in Goldman, Sachs & Co.'s San Francisco office, said the value of the operations isn't clear because AT&T hasn't disclosed their book value or earnings.
He also said many records of the old East German leadership were destroyed by the secret police when it became clear the Honecker regime was crumbling.
The 1- by 3-inch video camera is guided down clear plastic tubes inserted in the bean rows and used to record root growth from a few inches to more than 3 feet below the surface.
In keeping with the tenets of my profession I intend to be neutral, but it seems clear that factors of sentiment, which never are to be underestimated in matters of rooting, favor the A's.
The new ones "include more positive advice, oriented to the total diet, with clear wording and specific numbers," he said.
Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari has made it clear that his country has never been more committed to its environmental responsibilities.
Many observers said it's clear that if Mr. De Benedetti doesn't attract some Belgian partners, it would be difficult for him to succeed in gaining control of Generale de Belgique.
"We fell slightly short in the second year, and by the third year, it was clear revenue growth couldn't sustain publishing," says Mr. Jennings.
"We thought we had a clear mandate," says the company's Mr. Carrigan.
The company source said the decision to send the tankers to Kuwait reflected a belief by U.S. and Kuwaiti officials that the minefield was clear and the missile threat was not serious enough to warrant further delays.
Sen. Paul Trible (R., Va.), a member of the Senate investigating committee, puts it more bluntly: "There's certainly evidence of clear wrongdoing, criminal wrongdoing."
The appeals court said the evidence was clear that the two men were fired because of their political affiliation.
In the three races for open Senate seats, it is the incumbent House members who have the clear fund-raising edge.
In such cases, an accountant's report will add very little. Next, these reports are generally undertaken by the insolvency practitioners, who have a clear conflict of interest.
When covering this kind of wood when a house is new, look over the various kinds of stains and pigmented sealers on the market. Manufacturers of some of the pigmented types say they are more durable than the clear coatings.
For that reason, Mr. Bacon steers clear of calling them Ritzy Maes.
Lions, not to mention unicorns, had better steer well clear of Britain if the pom population follows the lead of the Australians.
"In cases of clear crimes, party people will be punished.
Once more the target date for final ratification has been postponed; by now it is clear that all target dates are largely fictitious; once more the government is using the Danes as an excuse for running away from the treaty.