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CLEARED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush
Example:
played poker on the cleared dining room table
Classified under:
Similar:
clear-cut (having had all the trees removed at one time)
improved ((of land) made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush)
Also:
treeless; unwooded (not wooded)
Antonym:
uncleared (not cleared; not rid of objects or obstructions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Freed from any question of guilt
Example:
his official honor is vindicated
Synonyms:
absolved; clear; cleared; exculpated; exonerated; vindicated
Classified under:
Similar:
clean-handed; guiltless; innocent (free from evil or guilt)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb clear
Context examples:
The then investigated the long-term effects of this infection, after the virus was cleared and the meningitis had subsided.
(Meningitis changes immune cell makeup in the mouse brain lining, National Institutes of Health)
But as people age, they aren't cleared as effectively.
(Scientists Find Natural Product That Slows Aging, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In the previous period (2014-2015), the area cleared had totaled 18,433 hectares.
(Brazilian Atlantic Forest deforestation up nearly 60% in a year, Agência Brasil)
I am sure, Mr. Holmes, that we are very much indebted to you for having cleared the matter up.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
His affection was proved to have been sincere, and his conduct cleared of all blame, unless any could attach to the implicitness of his confidence in his friend.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
They cleared the bank with a rush, swung to the left, and dashed up to a small log cabin.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The path of our investigation is at present obscure, but I shall be very much surprised if before evening we have not cleared it up, or made a considerable advance along it.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A measurement of the volume of serum or plasma that would be cleared of calcium by excretion of urine for a specified unit of time (e.g. one minute).
(Calcium Clearance Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A measurement of the volume of serum or plasma that would be cleared of chloride by excretion of urine for a specified unit of time (e.g. one minute).
(Chloride Clearance Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Supper over, the tables dormant were cleared away as by magic and trestles and bancals arranged around the blazing fire, for there was a bitter nip in the air.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
