Definition of "clear" in Anglais

verb

1. (transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.

   • Police took two hours to clear the road.
   • If you clear the table, I'll wash up.
   • Faith, Dick, I muſt confeſs, ’tis true (But this is only Entre Nous) That many knotty Points there are, Which All diſcuſs, but Few can clear.

2. (transitive) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.

   • Please clear all this stuff off the table.
   • The loggers came and cleared the trees.

3. (intransitive) To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.

4. (intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.

   • When the road cleared we continued our journey.
   • After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.
   • Shake the test tube well, and the liquid should slowly clear.

5. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.

   • We need to clear this issue once and for all.

6. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.

   • The court cleared the man of murder.

7. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.

   • The door just barely clears the table as it closes.
   • The leaping horse easily cleared the hurdles.

8. (transitive, activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.

   • She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres.

9. (transitive, video games) To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).

   • I cleared the first level in 36 seconds.

10. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.

    • The check might not clear for a couple of days.

11. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.

    • He's been clearing seven thousand a week.

12. (transitive) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.

    • Air traffic control cleared the plane to land.
    • The marketing department has cleared the press release for publication.

13. (transitive) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.

    • I've cleared the press release with the marketing department, so go ahead and publish it.

14. (intransitive) To obtain a clearance.

    • The steamer cleared for Liverpool today.

15. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.

16. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.

    • Beſides, he that cleares at once will relapſe: for finding himſelfe out of ſtraights, he will reuert to his cuſtomes. But hee that cleareth by degrees, induceth an habite of frugality, and gaineth as well vpon his minde, as vpon his Eſtate.

17. (transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.

    • The goalkeeper rushed forward to clear the ball.
    • A low cross came in, and Smith cleared.

18. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.

    • to clear an array;  to clear a single bit (binary digit) in a value

19. (transitive, computing) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.

20. (transitive, firearms) To unload a firearm, or undergo an unloading procedure, in order to prevent negligent discharge; for safety reasons, to check whether one's firearm is loaded or unloaded.

    • To prevent any shooting accidents, remember to clear your pistol and stay aware of your surroundings.

noun

1. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.

   • a room ten feet square in the clear

2. (video games) The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.

   • It took me weeks to achieve a one-credit clear (1CC).

3. (Scientology) A person who is free from the influence of engrams.