[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clear \clear\ kl=er, a. compar. clearer -~er; 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.
      1913 webster

            the stream is so transparent, pure, and clear.
                                                  --denham.
      1913 webster

            fair as the moon, clear as the sun.   --canticles
                                                  vi. 10.
      1913 webster

   2. free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous;
      plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.
      1913 webster

            one truth is clear; whatever is, is right. --pope.
      1913 webster

   3. able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating;
      discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   4. not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
      1913 webster

            with a countenance as clear
            as friendship wears at feasts.        --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.
      1913 webster

            hark the numbers soft and clear
            gently steal upon the ear.            --pope.
      1913 webster

   6. without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.
      1913 webster

   7. without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as,
      a clear complexion; clear lumber.
      1913 webster

   8. free from guilt or stain; unblemished.
      1913 webster

            statesman, yet friend to truth in soul sincere,
            in action faithful, and in honor clear. --pope.
      1913 webster

   9. without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
      1913 webster

            i often wished that i had clear,
            for life, six hundred pounds a-year.  --swift
      .
      1913 webster

   10. free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a
       clear view; to keep clear of debt.
       1913 webster

             my companion . . . left the way clear for him.
                                                  --addison.
       1913 webster

   11. free from embarrassment; detention, etc.
       1913 webster

             the cruel corporal whispered in my ear,
             five pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear.
                                                  --gay.
       1913 webster

   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.

   syn: manifest; pure; unmixed; pellucid; transparent;
        luminous; obvious; visible; plain; evident; apparent;
        distinct; perspicuous. see manifest.
        1913 webster
see also:
clearer clearest chanticleer clairvoyant claret clarify 
clear breach breach clear days clear stuff manifest 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clear \clear\ kl=er, 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.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clear \clear\, adv.
   1. in a clear manner; plainly.
      1913 webster

            now clear i understand
            what oft . . . thoughts have searched in vain.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a
      piece clear off.
      1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clear \clear\, v. t. imp.  p. p. cleared; p. pr.  vb. n.
   clearing.
   1. to render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from
      clouds.
      1913 webster

            he sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.
      1913 webster

   3. to free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of
      perplexity; to make perspicuous.
      1913 webster

            many knotty points there are
            which all discuss, but few can clear. --prior.
      1913 webster

   4. to render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to
      make perspicacious.
      1913 webster

            our common prints would clear up their
            understandings.                       --addison
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            clear your mind of cant.              --dr. johnson.
      1913 webster

            a statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art
            of the statuary only clears away the superfluous
            matter.                               --addison.
      1913 webster

   6. to free from the imputation of guilt; to justify,
      vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the
      thing imputed.
      1913 webster

            i . . . am sure he will clear me from partiality.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

            how wouldst thou clear rebellion?    --addison.
      1913 webster

   7. to leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure;
      as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
      1913 webster

   8. to gain without deduction; to net.
      1913 webster

            the profit which she cleared on the cargo.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
cleared clearing to clear a ship at the customhouse to clear a ship for action to clear for action to clear the land 
to clear hawse to clear up 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clear \clear\ kl=er, v. i.
   1. to become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- of
      the weather; -- often followed by up, off, or away.
      1913 webster

            so foul a sky clears not without a storm. --shak.
      1913 webster

            advise him to stay till the weather clears up.
                                                  --swift.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   3. banking to make exchanges of checks and bills, and
      settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.
      1913 webster

   4. to obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for
      liverpool to-day.
      1913 webster

   to clear out, to go or run away; to depart. colloq.
      1913 webster
see also:
to clear out 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

clear
     adj 1: clear to the mind; "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" ant: unclear
     2: free from confusion or doubt; "a complex problem requiring a
        clear head"; "not clear about what is expected of us"
     3: affording free passage or view; "a clear view"; "a clear
        path to victory" syn: open
     4: free from cloudiness; allowing light to pass through; "clear
        water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is
        clear and clean" ant: opaque
     5: free from contact or proximity or connection; "we were clear
        of the danger"; "the ship was clear of the reef" syn: clearp
     6: characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts especially
        guilt; "a clear conscience"; "regarded her questioner
        with clear untroubled eyes"
     7: of sound or color free from anything that dulls or dims;
        "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" syn: clean,
        light, unclouded
     8: especially of a title free from any encumberance or
        limitation  that presents a question of fact or law; "i
        have clear title to this property" syn: unmortgaged
     9: clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible; "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"
        syn: clean-cut, clear-cut
     10: accurately stated or described; "a set of well-defined
         values" syn: well-defined ant: ill-defined
     11: free from clouds or mist or haze; "on a clear day" ant: cloudy
     12: free of restrictions or qualifications; "a clean bill of
         health"; "a clear winner" syn: clean
     13: free from flaw or blemish or impurity; "a clear perfect
         diamond"
     14: clear of charges or deductions; "a clear profit"
     15: easily deciphered syn: decipherable, readable
     16: freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all
         blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his
         official honor is vindicated" syn: absolved, cleared,
          exculpated, exonerated, vindicated
     17: characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving; "clear
         mind"; "a percipient author" syn: percipient
     18: of complexion; without such blemishes as e.g. acne; "the
         clear complexion of a healthy young woman"
     n 1: the state of being free of suspicion; "investigation showed
          that he was in the clear"
     2: a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water;
        "finally broke out of the forest into the open" syn: open
     adv 1: completely; "read the book clear to the end"; "slept clear
            through the night"; "there were open fields clear to
            the horizon" syn: all the way
     2: in an easily perceptible manner; "could be seen clearly
        under the microscope"; "she cried loud and clear" syn: clearly
     v 1: rid of obstructions; "clear your desk" syn: unclutter
          ant: clutter
     2: make a way or path by removing objects; "clear a path
        through the dense forest"
     3: become clear; "the sky cleared after the storm" syn: clear
        up, light up, brighten ant: overcast
     4: grant authorization or clearance for; "clear the manuscript
        for publication"; "the rock star never authorized this
        slanderous biography" syn: authorize, authorise, pass
     5: remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "clear snow from
        the road"
     6: go unchallenged; be approved; "the bill cleared the house"
        syn: pass
     7: be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts; "the
        check will clear within 2 business days" ant: bounce
     8: go away or disappear; "the fog cleared in the afternoon"
     9: pass by, over, or under without making contact; "the balloon
        cleared the tree tops" syn: top
     10: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "could
         you clarify these remarks?"; "clear up the question of
         who is at fault" syn: clear up, shed light on, crystallize,
          crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten
         out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
     11: free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment;
         "clear the ship and let it dock"
     12: clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.; "clear
         the water before it can be drunk"
     13: yield as a net profit; "this sale netted me $1 million"
         syn: net
     14: make as a net profit; "the company cleared $1 million" syn:
          net, sack, sack up
     15: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as
         salary or wages; "how much do you make a month in your
         new job?"; "she earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger
         brought in lots of money"; "he clears $5,000 each month"
         syn: gain, take in, make, earn, realize, realise,
          pull in, bring in
     16: sell; "we cleared a lot of the old model cars"
     17: pass an inspection or receive authorization; "clear customs"
     18: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "the suspect was
         cleared of the murder charges" syn: acquit, assoil,
         discharge, exonerate, exculpate ant: convict
     19: settle, as of a debt; "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt"
         syn: solve
     20: make clear, bright, light, or translucent; "the water had to
         be cleared through filtering"
     21: rid of instructions or data; "clear a memory buffer"
     22: remove people from a building; "clear the patrons from the
         theater after the bomb threat"
     23: remove the occupants of; "clear the building"
     24: free the throat by making a rasping sound; "clear the
         throat" syn: clear up
see also:
unclear open opaque clearp clean light 
unclouded unmortgaged clean-cut clear-cut well-defined 
ill-defined cloudy decipherable readable absolved 
cleared exculpated exonerated vindicated percipient 
all the way clearly unclutter clutter clear up 
light up brighten overcast authorize authorise 
pass bounce top clear up shed light on 
crystallize crystallise crystalize crystalise straighten out 
sort out enlighten illuminate elucidate net 
sack sack up gain take in make 
earn realize realise pull in bring in 
acquit assoil discharge exonerate exculpate 
convict solve 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

792 moby thesaurus words for "clear":
   attic, ciceronian, mickey mouse, above water, abroad, absolute,
   absolve, absolved, abstract, account for, accumulate, acquire,
   acquit, acute, admitting no exception, adrift, afield, afloat,
   afoot and lighthearted, all abroad, all clear, all straight,
   all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading,
   altogether, ameliorate, amnesty, amortize, angelic, apodictic,
   apparent, appreciable, apprehensible, articulate, assured, astray,
   at large, at liberty, audible, bald, balmy, bare, barren, beat it,
   become airborne, bell-like, bestraddle, bestride, better,
   blameless, bland, blank, bleached, blooming, blossoming, blow,
   blow out, bolt, booming, born, bounce, bound, break, break loose,
   break out, bright, brightly, broad-based, buck, buckjump, burn off,
   capitalize on, capriole, cash in on, cast off, cast out, casual,
   categorical, certain, characterless, chaste, childlike, chuck,
   clarified, clarify, clarion, classic, clean, clean out, clean up,
   clean-cut, cleanly, cleanse, clear, clear and distinct,
   clear as crystal, clear as day, clear away, clear of, clear off,
   clear out, clear the decks, clear the hurdle, clear up, clear-cut,
   cleared, clearly, close, cloudless, coherent, coin money,
   come along, come on, command, commercialize, complete, completely,
   comprehensible, comprehensive, conclusive, confident, congenital,
   connected, consistent, conspicuous, consummate, contrastive,
   contrive, convinced, crisp, cry sour grapes, crystal,
   crystal-clear, crystalline, curvet, cushy, cut away, cut down,
   cut loose, cut out, cut the mustard, decamp, decided, decisive,
   decontaminate, decrassify, deep-dyed, defecate, defined, definite,
   definitive, defray, deobstruct, depart, deplete, deport, depurate,
   destigmatize, detached, determinate, determined, devoid, diaphane,
   diaphanous, direct, disappear, disburden, discernible, discernibly,
   discerning, discharge, disclose, disclosed, disembarrass,
   disembarrassed, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disengaged,
   disentangle, disinvolve, dislodge, dismiss, dispense from,
   dispose of, distill, distilled, distinct, distinctive, distinctly,
   do justice to, dominate, dovelike, downright, drain,
   dyed-in-the-wool, earn, easy, easy as pie, easygoing, edulcorate,
   effortless, effulgently, egregious, eject, elegant, elide,
   eliminate, elucidate, elute, emancipated, empty, empty out,
   engineer, entire, entirely, eradicate, essentialize, evacuate,
   evanesce, evaporate, evident, exact, exculpate, excuse, exempt,
   exempt from, exhaust, exhaustive, exile, exonerate, exonerated,
   expatriate, expel, explain, explicate, explicit, expose, exposed,
   express, extract, extricate, exuberant, facile, fade, fair,
   far afield, fat, faultless, featureless, filmy, filter, filtrate,
   final, fine, finished, fixed, flat, flat-out, floating,
   flourishing, flowering, fly aloft, footloose,
   footloose and fancy-free, forgive, forgiven, free, free and clear,
   free and easy, free as air, free of, free up, freeborn, freed,
   fresh, fruiting, fully, gain, gain by, gather, gauzy, get,
   get along, get by, get on, get out, get quit of, get rid of,
   get shut of, give absolution, glaring, glean, glib, global, go off,
   go on, go-as-you-please, going strong, gossamer, gossamery,
   graceful, gracile, grant amnesty to, grant immunity,
   grant remission, graspable, gross, guileless, guiltless, hack it,
   halcyon, hearable, hi-fi, high-fidelity, hippety-hop, hollow,
   honor, hop, hurdle, illuminate, illustrate, implicit, improve,
   in focus, in full swing, in good case, in the clear, inane,
   inappealable, incontrovertible, incorrupt, indisputable,
   indubitable, ineluctable, inevitable, innocent, insipid,
   intelligible, intensive, jump, jump off, jump over, justify, keen,
   knowable, lamblike, leach, leap, leap over, leapfrog, leave,
   leave the ground, legible, let go, let off, liberate, liberated,
   lift, light, light-pervious, lightish, lightsome, limpid,
   liquidate, lixiviate, look down upon, loose, lose, loud and clear,
   lucent, lucid, luculent, luminous, luminously, lustrous, make,
   make a killing, make accounts square, make clear, make it,
   make money, make money by, make out, make plain, make the grade,
   manage, manage somehow, manifest, meliorate, milky, muddle through,
   naked, natural, neat, necessary, negotiate, net, nonopaque,
   nonpros, not guilty, nothing to it, noticeable, null,
   null and void, observable, obtain, obvious, offenseless, omnibus,
   omnipresent, on the loose, opalescent, open, open up,
   open-and-shut, openhanded, out of debt, out-and-out, outlaw,
   outright, outtop, over, overarch, overjump, overleap, overlook,
   overshadow, overskip, overt, overtop, painless, palmy, palpable,
   pardon, patefy, patent, pay, pay in full, pay off, pay the bill,
   pay the shot, pay up, peekaboo, pellucid, perceivable, perceptible,
   perceptibly, perceptive, percolate, peremptory, perfect, perfectly,
   perfectly sure, perspicacious, perspicuous, pervasive, pick out,
   pick up, piping, plain, plain as day, pleasant, plumb, polished,
   positive, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, precise, predestined,
   predetermined, prelapsarian, pristine, profit, prominent,
   prominently, pronounced, prospering, public, published, pure,
   purge, purified, purify, put in order, put over, put through,
   quash the charge, quit, quit of, quite, radiantly, radical,
   rainless, rationalize, readable, realize, realize on, recognizable,
   rectified, rectify, redeem, refine, refined, regular, rehabilitate,
   reinstate, release, released, relucent, remit, remove, repay,
   reproachless, restore, restrained, retire, reveal, revealing,
   rickety, rid, rid of, rise above, root out, root up, rosy, rotate,
   round, rule out, run off, sans reproche, satisfy, scot-free,
   scour out, scram, scrape along, screen, secure, see-through,
   seeable, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory, sensible,
   sensitive, separate, serene, set free, set in order, settle,
   shake off, shaky, sharp, shed of, sheer, shining, shiny, shrive,
   shut of, sieve, sift, simple, simple as abc, sink, sinless,
   ski jump, skip, sleek, smooth, soft, solve, solvent, sparkling,
   spiritualize, spring, square, square accounts, stabilize, staring,
   stark, starkly, start, start aside, start up, steeplechase,
   straight, straight-out, straightforward, strain, strike a balance,
   strike off, strike out, sublimate, sublime, succeed in, sunlit,
   sunny, sunshiny, sure, sure-enough, surmount, sweep out, sweeping,
   swing, swing the deal, take, take off, take up, tangible, tasteful,
   taxi, tear loose, terse, thin, thorough, thoroughgoing, thriving,
   through-and-through, throw off, throw over, throw overboard,
   tidy up, to be seen, top, total, totally, tower above, tower over,
   translucent, translucid, transparent, transpicuous, trim, true,
   try, turn a penny, turn to account, turn to profit, ubiquitous,
   unadulterated, unaffected, unalloyed, unambiguous, unanchored,
   unattached, unblemished, unblended, unblock, unblocked, unbound,
   unburden, unburdened, unburdensome, uncase, uncircumscribed,
   unclench, unclog, unclogged, unclosed, unclouded, unclutch,
   unclutter, uncombined, uncommitted, uncomplicated, uncompounded,
   unconditional, unconfused, uncork, uncorrupted, uncover, uncovered,
   uncurtain, undarkened, undefiled, understandable, understandably,
   undiluted, undisputed, undo, undone, undoubting, undrape,
   unembarrassed, unencumbered, unengaged, unequivocal, unfallen,
   unfastened, unfixed, unfold, unfortified, unfoul, unhampered,
   unhandicapped, unhesitating, unhidden, unhindered, unimpeded,
   unindebted, uninvolved, universal, univocal, unknot, unlabored,
   unladen, unlapsed, unlatch, unleavened, unlimited, unlock,
   unmingled, unmistakable, unmitigated, unmixed, unobscured,
   unobstructed, unowing, unplug, unprevented, unqualified,
   unquestionable, unquestioned, unquestioning, unravel, unrelieved,
   unreserved, unrestricted, unroll, unscarred, unscramble, unseal,
   unsheathe, unshut, unsnarl, unsophisticated, unstop, unstopped,
   unstuck, untangle, untie, untied, untinged, untouched by evil,
   untrammeled, untwine, unveil, unwaivable, unwavering, unwrap,
   updive, upleap, upspring, utter, utterly, vacant, vacuous, vault,
   vent, veritable, vigorous, vindicate, visible, vivid, void,
   warrant, weed out, well-defined, well-marked, well-pronounced,
   well-resolved, white, whitewash, whole, wholesale, wholly, wide,
   wide-open, win, winnow, with clean hands, with nothing inside,
   withdraw, withdraw the charge, without content, without exception,
   without reproach, without reserve, worry along

[8] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

clear
     
        a specification language based on initial algebras.
     
        "an informal introduction to specification using clear",
        r.m. burstall in the correctness problem in computer science,
        r.s. boyer et al eds, academic press 1981, pp. 185-213.
     
        1994-11-03
     
     
see also:
specification language initial algebra 

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

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