Clear (superl.) Free from opaqueness |
Clear (superl.) Free from ambiguity or indistinctness |
Clear (superl.) Able to perceive clearly |
Clear (superl.) Not clouded with passion |
Clear (superl.) Easily or distinctly heard |
Clear (superl.) Without mixture |
Clear (superl.) Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots |
Clear (superl.) Free from guilt or stain |
Clear (superl.) Without diminution |
Clear (superl.) Free from impediment or obstruction |
Clear (superl.) Free from embarrassment |
Clear (n.) Full extent |
Clear (adv.) In a clear manner |
Clear (adv.) Without limitation |
Clear (v. t.) To render bright, transparent, or undimmed |
Clear (v. t.) To free from impurities |
Clear (v. t.) To free from obscurity or ambiguity |
Clear (v. t.) To render more quick or acute, as the understanding |
Clear (v. t.) To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive |
Clear (v. t.) To free from the imputation of guilt |
Clear (v. t.) To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure |
Clear (v. t.) To gain without deduction |
Clear (v. i.) To become free from clouds or fog |
Clear (v. i.) To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements |
Clear (v. i.) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house. |
Clear (v. i.) To obtain a clearance |
Clear-cut (a.) Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo. |
Clear-cut (a.) Concisely and distinctly expressed. |
Clear-headed (a.) Having a clear understanding |
Clear-seeing (a.) Having a clear physical or mental vision |
Clear-shining (a.) Shining brightly. |
Clear-sighted (a.) Seeing with clearness |
Clear-sightedness (n.) Acute discernment. |
Distance (n.) The space between two objects |
Distance (n.) Remoteness of place |
Distance (n.) A space marked out in the last part of a race course. |
Distance (n.) Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear |
Distance (n.) Space between two antagonists in fencing. |
Distance (n.) The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape. |
Distance (n.) Ideal disjunction |
Distance (n.) Length or interval of time |
Distance (n.) The remoteness or reserve which respect requires |
Distance (n.) A withholding of intimacy |
Distance (n.) Remoteness in succession or relation |
Distance (n.) The interval between two notes |
Distance (v. t.) To place at a distance or remotely. |
Distance (v. t.) To cause to appear as if at a distance |
Distance (v. t.) To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3) |
Proper (a.) Belonging to one |
Proper (a.) Belonging to the natural or essential constitution |
plain sailing clear sailing easy going | easy unobstructed progress, after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing |
distance | the property created by the space between two objects or points |
mean distance | the arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary |
focal distance focal length | the distance from a lens to its focus |
hyperfocal distance | the distance in front of a lens that is focused at infinity beyond which all objects are well defined and clear |
distance length | size of the gap between two places, the distance from New York to Chicago, he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points |
skip distance | the shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere |
distance vision | vision for objects that afeet or more from the viewer |
middle distance | the part of a scene between the foreground and the background |
long distance long-distance call trunk call | a telephone call made outside the local calling area, I talked to her by long distance |
proper noun proper name | a noun that denotes a particular thing, usually capitalized |
all clear | permission to proceed because obstacles have been removed |
all clear | a signal (usually a siren) that danger is over |
distance aloofness | indifference by personal withdrawal, emotional distance |
clear liquid diet | a diet of fluids with minimal residues (fat-free broth or strained fruit juices or gelatin), cannot be used for more than one day postoperative |
distance | a distant region, I could see it in the distance |
open clear | a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water, finally broke out of the forest into the open |
marathoner marathon runner road runner long-distance runner | someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) |
proper fraction | a fraction with a numerator smaller than the denominator |
angular distance | the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer, he recorded angular distances between the stars |
clear | the state of being free of suspicion, investigation showed that he was in the clear |
clear-air turbulence | strong turbulence in an otherwise cloudless region that subjects aircraft to violent updrafts or downdrafts |
clear and present danger | a standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged, no one has a right to shout `fire' in a crowded theater when there is no fire because such an action would pose a clear and present danger to public safety |
distance space | the interval between two times, the distance from birth to death, it all happened in the space ofminutes |
distance | a remote point in time, if that happens it will be at some distance in the future, at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details |
clear the throat hawk | clear mucus or food from one's throat, he cleared his throat before he started to speak |
clear clear up | free (the throat) by making a rasping sound, Clear the throat |
clear off clear away | remove from sight |
unclutter clear | rid of obstructions, Clear your desk |
clear-cut | remove all the trees at one time, clear-cut an acre of forest |
clear | remove, clear the leaves from the lawn, Clear snow from the road |
clear | make a way or path by removing objects, Clear a path through the dense forest |
clean out clear out | empty completely, We cleaned out all the drawers |
clear | remove the occupants of, Clear the building |
clear b | remove (people) from a building, clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat |
clear c | rid of instructions or data, clear a memory buffer |
get through wrap up finish off mop up polish off clear up finish up | finish a task completely, I finally got through this homework assignment |
clear | make clear, bright, light, or translucent, The water had to be cleared through filtering |
expectorate clear out drive out | clear out the chest and lungs, This drug expectorates quickly |
c clear clear up shed light on crystallize crystallise crystalize crystalise straighten out sort out enlighten illuminate elucidate cccccb | make free from confusion or ambiguity, make clear, Could you clarify these remarks?, Clear up the question of who is at fault |
clear solve | settle, as of a debt, clear a debt, solve an old debt |
authorize authorise pass clear | grant authorization or clearance for, Clear the manuscript for publication, The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography |
acquit assoil clear discharge exonerate exculpate | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges, The suspect was cleared of the murder charges |
clarify clear up elucidate | make clear and (more) comprehensible, clarify the mystery surrounding her death |
clear out | move out and leave nothing behind |
clear the air | dispel differences or negative emotions, The group called a meeting to finally clear the air |
clear | pass an inspection or receive authorization, clear customs |
clear top | pass by, over, or under without making contact, the balloon cleared the tree tops |
outdistance outstrip distance | go far ahead of, He outdistanced the other runners |
clear | go away or disappear, The fog cleared in the afternoon |