clear
rid of obstructions
How often you will meet it
Rank 514 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 38,604 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.018% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- rid of obstructions also: unclutter Clear your desk
- make a way or path by removing objects Clear a path through the dense forest
- become clear also: clear up, light up, brighten The sky cleared after the storm
- grant authorization or clearance for also: authorize, authorise, pass Clear the manuscript for publicationThe rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
- remove clear the leaves from the lawnClear snow from the road
- go unchallenged; be approved also: pass The bill cleared the House
clear in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It was a clear, cold winter’s day.
Snowflakes and Sunbeams · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1
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Perhaps that will clear away your thoughts about the cabbage.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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No; the clear penetrating tones slowly articulated name after name, but not his.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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These facts, then, alone were clear to him: He had wandered, unconscious, in the neighbourhood.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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There was force in the stern self-repression of his speech, in the curve of his lips, the clear lightning of his eyes.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1