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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Clear \Clear\, adv.
     1. In a clear manner; plainly.
  
              Now clear I understand What oft . . . thoughts have
              searched in vain.                     --Milton.
  
     2. Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a
        piece clear off.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Clear \Clear\ (kl[=e]r), 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Clear \Clear\ (kl[=e]r), a. [Compar. Clearer (-[~e]r); superl.
     Clearest.] [OE. cler, cleer, OF. cler, F. clair, fr.L.
     clarus, clear, broght, loud, distinct, renownwd; perh. akin
     to L. clamare to call, E. claim. Cf. Chanticleer,
     Clairvoyant, Claret, Clarufy.]
     1. Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light;
        luminous; unclouded.
  
              The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear.
                                                    --Denham.
  
              Fair as the moon, clear as the sun.   --Canticles
                                                    vi. 10.
  
     2. Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous;
        plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.
  
              One truth is clear; whatever is, is right. --Pope.
  
     3. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating;
        discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.
  
              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.
  
     4. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
  
              With a countenance as clear As friendship wears at
              feasts.                               --Shak.
  
     5. Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.
  
              Hark! the numbers soft and clear Gently steal upon
              the ear.                              --Pope.
  
     6. Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.
  
     7. Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as,
        a clear complexion; clear lumber.
  
     8. Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.
  
              Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere, In
              action faithful, and in honor clear.  --Pope.
  
     9. Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
  
              I often wished that I had clear, For life, six
              hundred pounds a-year.                --Swift
              .
  
     10. Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a
         clear view; to keep clear of debt.
  
               My companion . . . left the way clear for him.
                                                    --Addison.
  
     11. Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.
  
               The cruel corporal whispered in my ear, Five
               pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear.
                                                    --Gay.
  
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Clear \Clear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleared; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Clearing.]
     1. To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from
        clouds.
  
              He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     2. To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.
  
     3. To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of
        perplexity; to make perspicuous.
  
              Many knotty points there are Which all discuss, but
              few can clear.                        --Prior.
  
     4. To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to
        make perspicacious.
  
              Our common prints would clear up their
              understandings.                       --Addison
  
     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.
  
              Clear your mind of cant.              --Dr. Johnson.
  
              A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art
              of the statuary only clears away the superfluous
              matter.                               --Addison.
  
     6. To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify,
        vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the
        thing imputed.
  
              I . . . am sure he will clear me from partiality.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              How! wouldst thou clear rebellion?    --Addison.
  
     7. To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure;
        as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
  
     8. To gain without deduction; to net.
  
              The profit which she cleared on the cargo.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Clear \Clear\ (kl[=e]r), v. i.
     1. To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; --
        often followed by up, off, or away.
  
              So foul a sky clears not without a storm. --Shak.
  
              Advise him to stay till the weather clears up.
                                                    --Swift.
  
     2. To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or
        entanglements; to become free. [Obs.]
  
              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.

From 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: clear(p)]
       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]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :


  Clear, AK
    Zip code(s): 99704

From 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)

From English-Welsh Freedict dictionary :


  clear [kliər]
       clir

From English-Welsh Freedict dictionary :


  clear [kliər]
       clir

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary :


  Clear
  
  واضح

From English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary :


  clear
  
  bistar, bistro, brisati, izbrisati, jasan, jasne, jasni, jasno, nevin, objasniti, odstraniti, očistiti, pojmljiv, pokriti, pokrivati, pregledan, prekinuti (telefonsku vezu), razbistriti, razvedriti, raščistiti, vedar, vedrijeg, vedrina, vedro, vratiti u početno stanje, čist, čistiti, čisto, čistoga

From English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary :


  Clear
  
  obrisati