clearing

Meanings

Plural: clearings

Noun

• a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
• the act of freeing from suspicion
• the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
• The act or process of making or becoming clear.
• An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
• An open space in the fog etc.
• A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.
• A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
• The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
• The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.

Verb

• rid of obstructions
• make a way or path by removing objects
• become clear
• grant authorization or clearance for
• remove
• go unchallenged; be approved
• be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts
• go away or disappear
• pass by, over, or under without making contact
• make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
• free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment
• clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.
• yield as a net profit
• make as a net profit
• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
• sell
• pass an inspection or receive authorization
• pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
• settle, as of a debt
• make clear, bright, light, or translucent
• rid of instructions or data
• remove (people) from a building
• remove the occupants of
• free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
• present participle and gerund of clear

Synonyms

acquit, assoil, authorise, authorize, brighten, bring in, clarification, clear, clear up, clearance, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, discharge, earn, elucidate, enlighten, exculpate, exonerate, gain, glade, illuminate, light up, make, net, pass, pull in, realise, realize, sack, sack up, shed light on, solve, sort out, straighten out, take in, top, unclutter

Antonyms

bounce, clutter, convict, overcast