Cleared
[klɪr]
Definition
(adj.) rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush; 'cleared land'; 'cleared streets free of fallen trees and debris'; 'a cleared passage through the underbrush'; 'played poker on the cleared dining room table' .
Edited by Kelsey--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Clear
Editor: Simon
Examples
- The road was somewhat cleared for them by the gunboats. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We drove slowly in this matting-covered tunnel and came out onto a bare cleared space where the railway station had been. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- To-morrow will see all my doubts in a fair way of being cleared up, sooner or later. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- However, I'm glad the thing is cleared up: it relieves one's mind to have things cleared up. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It had cleared in the morning, and the sun was shining with a subdued brightness through the dim veil which hangs over the great city. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He could not think of moving till his baggage was cleared, or of travelling until he could do so with his chillum. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Her face cleared up as she read the document, however. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He cleared his vision with his sleeve, and the melting mood over, a very stern one followed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As the smoke cleared, leaving an awful stillness, it passed out on the air, like the soul of the furious woman whose body lay lifeless on the ground. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- My very next question might have cleared the matter up, but at that instant the door opened and a woman stepped into the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Some points had been cleared, but how many yet remained obscure as night! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- We have cleared away all the old thorns that grew in patches over the brow. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- But there's this secret between us, and we can never be the same until it is cleared. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The mystery of Anne Catherick is NOT cleared up yet. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Certainly a gray mist swirled before my eyes, and when it cleared I found my collar-ends undone and the tingling after-taste of brandy upon my lips. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- However, we have discovered that there WAS a predisposing influence against you--and there is one uncertainty cleared out of our way, at any rate. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The next generation cleared up these perplexities; or at least supplied after ages with a further analysis of them. Plato. The Republic.
- Silas, released, put his hand to his throat, cleared it, and looked as if he had a rather large fishbone in that region. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There was an anxious expression in them, but it cleared directly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I want the room cleared of these two scum. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Thou mak'st me humbly wishfo' to be more like thee, and fearfo' to lose thee when this life is ower, and a' the muddle cleared awa'. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The Contessa was ready first, Alexander went to the piano, a space was cleared. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Because you hadn't cleared his father to him, and you ought to have done it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Look here, Watson, he said when the cloth was cleared just sit down in this chair and let me preach to you for a little. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- My dear Rick, said he, the clouds have cleared away, and it is bright now. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The quick-growing vegetation has filled the estradas and this must be cleared away and perhaps new estradas opened. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I cleared out the building entirely to the walls and built my station of structural ironwork, running it up high. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- That there are people who have no human heart, and who must be crushed like savage beasts and cleared out of the way. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Now, we have cleared off old scores, and I have before me thy pleasant, trusting, trusty face again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I gave him no further information however, and he had no suspicion of how I expected to have the road cleared for his workmen. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Editor: Simon