Definition for

clear


noun – In botany, an open space.

Clearly; plainly; not obscurely; manifestly.

Quite; entirely; wholly; clean: as, to cut a piece clear off; he climbed clear to the top.

To remove whatever diminishes brightness, transparency, or purity of color from: as, to clear liquors; to clear a mirror; to clear the sky.

To make clear to the mind; free from obscurity, perplexity, or ambiguity; explain; solve; prove: now generally followed by up, or by from or of before the thing removed: as, to clear up a case; to clear a theory from doubt; to clear a statement of confusing details.

To free from obstructions; free from any impediment or encumbrance, or from anything useless, noxious, or injurious: as, to clear the way; to clear the table; to clear the sea of pirates; to clear land of trees; to clear the voice.

To free from foreign or extraneous matter; remove anything from that impairs purity or homogeneity.

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