clearing (Noun) — A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area.
clearing (Noun) — The act of freeing from suspicion.
clearing (Noun) — The act of removing solid particles from a liquid.
clearing (Noun) — The process during which remaining university places are allocated to the remaining students.
clearing (Verb) — Rid of obstructions. ex. "Clear your desk"
clearing (Verb) — Make a way or path by removing objects. ex. "Clear a path through the dense forest"
clearing (Verb) — Become free from clouds or less cloudy; become brighter. ex. "The sky cleared after the storm"
clearing (Verb) — Grant authorization or clearance for. ex. "Clear the manuscript for publication"
clearing (Verb) — Remove so as to leave tidy or unobstructed. ex. "clear the leaves from the lawn" ex. "Clear snow from the road"
clearing (Verb) — Go unchallenged; be approved. ex. "The bill cleared the House"
clearing (Verb) — Be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts. ex. "The payment should clear within 2 business days"
clearing (Verb) — Go away or disappear. ex. "The fog cleared in the afternoon"
clearing (Verb) — Pass by, over, or under without making contact. ex. "the balloon cleared the trees"
clearing (Verb) — Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. ex. "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
clearing (Verb) — Free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment. ex. "Clear the ship and let it dock"
clearing (Verb) — Clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.. ex. "clear the water before it can be drunk"
clearing (Verb) — Yield as a net profit. ex. "This sale cleared me $1 million"
clearing (Verb) — Make as a net profit. ex. "The company cleared $1 million"
clearing (Verb) — Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages. ex. "He clears $5,000 each month"
clearing (Verb) — Sell. ex. "We cleared a lot of the old model cars"
clearing (Verb) — Pass an inspection or receive authorization. ex. "clear customs"
clearing (Verb) — Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges. ex. "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
clearing (Verb) — Settle, as of a debt. ex. "clear a debt"
clearing (Verb) — Make clear, bright, light, or translucent. ex. "The water had to be cleared through filtering"
clearing (Verb) — (computing) rid of instructions or data. ex. "clear a memory buffer"
clearing (Verb) — Remove (people) from a building. ex. "clear the patrons from the theatre after the bomb threat"
clearing (Verb) — Remove the occupants of. ex. "Clear the building"
clearing (Verb) — Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound. ex. "Clear the throat"