What is clear?

More definitions of "clear":

• (adj): Characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving.
  Example: "Clear mind"
  Synonyms: percipient

• (adj): Free from cloudiness; allowing light to pass through.
  Example: "Clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean"

• (verb): Become clear.
  Synonyms: clear up, light up, brighten

• (adj): Of complexion; without such blemishes as e.g. acne.
  Example: "The clear complexion of a healthy young woman"

• (noun): A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water.
  Synonyms: open

• (verb): Make clear, bright, light, or translucent.
  Example: "The water had to be cleared through filtering"

• (noun): The state of being free of suspicion.
  Example: "Investigation showed that he was in the clear"

• (verb): Remove (people) from a building.
  Example: "Clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat"

• (adj): Free from contact or proximity or connection.
  Example: "We were clear of the danger"; "the ship was clear of the reef"

• (verb): Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
  Example: "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
  Synonyms: clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate

• (verb): Remove.
  Example: "Clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"

• (verb): Free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment.
  Example: "Clear the ship and let it dock"

• (verb): Go unchallenged; be approved.
  Synonyms: pass

• (verb): Clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc..
  Example: "Clear the water before it can be drunk"

• (verb): Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.
  Synonyms: gain, take in, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in

• (adj): Free of restrictions or qualifications.
  Example: "A clear winner"
  Synonyms: clean

• (verb): Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound.
  Example: "Clear the throat"
  Synonyms: clear up

• (adj): Clear to the mind.
  Example: "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"

• (verb): Rid of obstructions.
  Example: "Clear your desk"
  Synonyms: unclutter

• (adj): Affording free passage or view.
  Example: "A clear view"; "a clear path to victory"
  Synonyms: open

• (adj): Free from clouds or mist or haze.
  Example: "On a clear day"

• (adj): Easily deciphered.
  Synonyms: decipherable, readable

• (adj): Clear of charges or deductions.
  Example: "A clear profit"

• (verb): Rid of instructions or data.
  Example: "Clear a memory buffer"

• (verb): Yield as a net profit.
  Synonyms: net

• (verb): Grant authorization or clearance for.
  Example: "Clear the manuscript for publication"
  Synonyms: authorize, authorise, pass

• (verb): Make a way or path by removing objects.
  Example: "Clear a path through the dense forest"

• (verb): Pass an inspection or receive authorization.
  Example: "Clear customs"

• (adv): In an easily perceptible manner.
  Example: "She cried loud and clear"
  Synonyms: clearly

• (verb): Remove the occupants of.
  Example: "Clear the building"

• (adj): (especially of a title) free from any encumberance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law.
  Example: "I have clear title to this property"
  Synonyms: unmortgaged

• (verb): Pass by, over, or under without making contact.
  Synonyms: top

• (adj): Accurately stated or described.
  Synonyms: well-defined

• (verb): Settle, as of a debt.
  Example: "Clear a debt"
  Synonyms: solve

• (adv): Completely.
  Example: "Read the book clear to the end"; "slept clear through the night"; "there were open fields clear to the horizon"
  Synonyms: all the way

• (adj): Free from confusion or doubt.
  Example: "A complex problem requiring a clear head"; "not clear about what is expected of us"

• (adj): Freed from any question of guilt.
  Example: "Was now clear of the charge of cowardice"
  Synonyms: absolved, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated

• (verb): Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges.
  Synonyms: acquit, assoil, discharge, exonerate, exculpate

• (verb): Go away or disappear.
  Example: "The fog cleared in the afternoon"

• (adj): Characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt).
  Example: "A clear conscience"; "regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes"

• (verb): Be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts.
  Example: "The check will clear within 2 business days"

• (adj): Clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible.
  Example: "As clear as a whistle"; "clear footprints in the snow"; "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather"; "a clear-cut pattern"
  Synonyms: clean-cut, clear-cut

• (adj): Free from flaw or blemish or impurity.
  Example: "A clear perfect diamond"

• (verb): Sell.
  Example: "We cleared a lot of the old model cars"

• (verb): Make as a net profit.
  Synonyms: net, sack, sack up

Famous quotes containing the word clear:

“It is clear that everybody interested in science must be interested in world 3 objects. A physical scientist, to start with, may be interested mainly in world 1 objects—say crystals and X-rays. But very soon he must realize how much depends on our interpretation of the facts, that is, on our theories, and so on world 3 objects. Similarly, a historian of science, or a philosopher interested in science must be largely a student of world 3 objects.”
—Karl Popper (1902–1994)

“[17th-century] Puritans were the first modern parents. Like many of us, they looked on their treatment of children as a test of their own self-control. Their goal was not to simply to ensure the child’s duty to the family, but to help him or her make personal, individual commitments. They were the first authors to state that children must obey God rather than parents, in case of a clear conflict.”
—C. John Sommerville (20th century)

“It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is less need of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.”
—Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu (1689–1755)