Cleared

Definition: Cleared

Cleared

Adjective

1. 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".

2. Freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cleared" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Food & Agriculture

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Synonyms: Cleared

Crosswords: Cleared

Roger that, Foxtrot Zulu Milkshake, you are cleared to land (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft)

You see sesesh has to be cleared away by the hand of God like the Jews of old. Now I will have to burn this town (Glory; writing credit: Robert Gould Shaw; Lincoln Kirstein)

Sure glad he cleared that up, 'cause those people were about to buy some Amway products (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

The condition could of cleared up. (The Others; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar)

Maybe they just bettered who he was. Cleared away his confusion (The Faculty; writing credit: David Wechter; Bruce Kimmel)

The people cleared their throats and stared right back at him (God Shuffled His Feet; performing artist: Crash Test Dummies)

Had cleared the square (Rock the Casbah; performing artist: The Clash)

You have cleared them with the Pontiff (The Vatican Rag; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

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Books

• Cleared for Action!: Four Tales of the Sea (reference)

• Cleared for Takeoff (reference)

• Cleared for Take-Off [UNABRIDGED] (reference)

• Cleared Hot!: A Marine Combat Pilot's Vietnam Diary (reference)

• Moving into the Space Cleared by Our Mothers (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• 3-1 Time Clique Mafia: The Smoke Has Cleared 2001 3-6 Track - Consequences (reference)

• Cleared for Takeoff (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Once a vast carpet of healthy vegetation, the Amazon rain forest is changing rapidly. This image of Bolivia shows dramatic deforestation in the Amazon Basin. Loggers have cut long paths into the forest, while ranchers have cleared large blocks for their herds. Fanning out from these clear-cut areas are settlements built in radial arrangements of fields and farms. Healthy vegetation appears bright red in this image. Credit: NASA.

Cleaning up after a tornado hit the camp in Columbus Carl Aslakson later wrote that this cleared his inventory of long-lost items Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Another tornado - this one in South Dakota Carl Aslakson later wrote that this cleared his inventory of long-lost items Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

This area has been cleared of Brazilian Pepper to help the mangroves recolonize at the waterline. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

This image shows the area cleared during the restoration. Mangroves are in the foreground. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Snow cleared from roadway, on mountains; Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, Washoe County, NV. Credit: Ron Nichols.

View looking forward, with her decks cleared, just before making a dive off the California coast near San Francisco, 26 February 1924. Her diving planes are rigged out. Credit: NAVY.

"Cleared for action" in 1908, soon after she was completed. Credit: NAVY.

"I see the F.B.I. cleared up another big postage stamp robbery". Credit: Library of Congress.

Cleared piece of land, fence, and uncleared land. Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

When the cloud of dust had cleared away, and the line was once more visible, we saw with thankful hearts that the child and his deliverer were safe

At last the dinner was all done, the cloth was cleared, the hearth swept, and the fire made up.

This point is not yet cleared up.

Joad cleared his throat

There is no rawness nor imperfection in its edge there, as where the axe has cleared a part, or a cultivated field abuts on it.

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Health

The disorder may strike up to 6 months after the fever or infection has cleared. (references)

Patients must receive careful followup to be sure that the infection has cleared. (references)

This estimate uses urea as a marker for uremic toxins cleared during the dialysis procedure. (references)

Business

Consignments whose FOB value is over US$2,000 must be cleared by a private Custom Broker. (references)

Goods that are imported into EU-territory from non-EU countries must be cleared by customs. (references)

To create a new city in these hills trees will be cleared to develop roads, parks and flat lands. (references)

Civil Liberties

Armenia

In February Vardanyan was released, cleared of charges and his case was closed. (references)

Jordan

Hawamdeh again was cleared of all charges in July of this year after the retrial. (references)

Liberia

In 2000 ostensibly in order to curtail the illegal use of national travel documents, President Taylor ordered that passport applicants be cleared by the National Security Agency (NSA). (references)

Economic History

Russia

The Customs Committee notifies the bank once the shipment has been cleared. (references)

Ghana

When this is cleared, a copy of the proposed regulations of the company must be delivered to the Registrar for registration. (references)

Chad

Libya's partial withdrawal to the Aozou Strip in northern Chad cleared the way for Habre's forces to enter N'Djamena in June. (references)

Human Rights

Azerbaijan

Following a short investigation, the Government cleared officers of any wrongdoing. (references)

Jamaica

In response, Grant's Pen community residents set up roadblocks in protest, but police cleared them by nightfall. (references)

Yugoslavia

The MACC effort has cleared 14,712 antipersonnel mines, 5,473 antitank mines, 6,698 cluster bomb units, and 13,097 other ordnance. (references)

Political Economy

PERU

Peru cleared its arrears with the Inter-American Development Bank in September 1991. (references)

TUNISIA

Problems are addressed on a case by case basis, and business or political connections can greatly affect the rate at which products are cleared. (references)

MALAYSIA

This is an inefficient and expensive process that requires distributors to recut each piece of glass into a rectangular shape once it has cleared customs. (references)

Political Rights

Fiji

The Public Service Commission brought up the investigation, and the Chief Justice finally cleared the Commissioner of all wrongdoing. (references)

Fiji

However, despite a constitutional provision requiring that any party which receives more than 10 percent of the seats in Parliament be offered inclusion in Cabinet, Qarase formed a Government that excluded Mahendra Chaudhry's Fiji Labor Party (FLP). Chaudhry subsequently took legal action against Qarase; the case was scheduled to be heard in February 2002. Concerns still exist regarding the police investigation regarding the takeover of Parliament in May 2000. The Public Service Commission conducted a confidential investigation of the Police Commissioner's possible involvement in the takeover of Parliament that was completed in September 2000 and cleared him of involvement. (references)

Trade

Guyana

Goods are required to be cleared within 10 days. (references)

Travel

Kuwait

Imported food supplies cannot be cleared without a certificate from health authorities. (references)

Pakistan

The import of alcohol is strictly prohibited; if alcohol is found, customs officials will seize it. Export permits are not normally required, but any antiques purchased in Pakistan should be cleared with museum officials in Karachi or Lahore to ensure that their export is not prohibited. (references)

Worker Rights

Kuwait

He was cleared after a 2-month investigation failed to show any evidence of criminal wrongdoing, but has been criticized for inadequate internal controls, which make visa trading possible. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "cleared": cleared as filed ♦ cleared for takeoff ♦ cleared tilled. Additional references.

Ending with "cleared": copyright-cleared, customs-cleared, slum-cleared, sun-cleared.

Arabic 

‏مصفى (clarified, filtered, purified, refined). (various references)

Chinese 

清除 (Burring, Clearance, Purge). (various references)

Danish

klaret. (various references)

Dutch

geklaard. (various references)

Finnish

kirkastettu. (various references)

French

dépouillé. (various references)

German

geklärt, lichtete, gelöschter, abgeräumt. (various references)

Greek 

Εγκεκριμένος, διαυγασμένος. (various references)

Hungarian

költségeim megtérültek (I cleared my costs). (various references)

Italian

travasato, spoglio (bald, bare, examination, free, leafless, naked), sparecchiato. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

青天白日 (be cleared of all the charge, be found completely innocent), 疑いが晴れる (to be cleared of a charge). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

うたがいがはれる (to be cleared of a charge), せいてんはくじつ (be cleared of all the charge, be found completely innocent). (various references)

Korean 

맑게하는. (various references)

Manx

seyrit (absolved, delivered, disembodied, emancipated, freed), reaghit (combed, decided, determined, settled), glent (cleansed, purified), glennit (cleansed, gutted, purified, swept, weeded). (various references)

Pig Latin

earedclay.(various references)

Portuguese

limpo (clean, clean-handed, cleanly, cleanly cut, cloudless, neat, net, orderly, precise, sanitary, spotless, spruce, straight, tidy, trim, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, well-done). (various references)

Romanian

deşertat (emptied, empty). (various references)

Spanish

depurado (depurated, purified). (various references)

Swedish

klarnad. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "cleared": overcleared, precleared. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Cleared" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cearid, celare, cerade, ckeared, Claerwen, clard, Clearaid, cleard, cleari, Clearie, clearies, clearis, clearup, Cleere, clere, cloured, Crerard, leared. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: creedal, declare, relaced.

-1 letter: cereal, cradle, credal, dealer, decare, leader, reclad, relace.

-2 letters: acred, alder, arced, cadre, cared, carle, cedar, ceder, cered, clade, clear, creed, creel, decal, eared, elder, laced, lacer, lader, laree, raced.

-3 letters: aced, acre, alec, alee, cade, card, care, carl, cede, cere, clad, dace, dale, dare, deal, dear, deer, dele, dere, dree, earl, lace.

+1 letter: calender, cellared, clavered, coleader, declared, declarer, declares, decretal, lackered, parceled, recalled, recoaled, replaced, rescaled.

+2 letters: becrawled, calenders, calipered, cheerlead, clabbered, clambered, clattered, coleaders, corelated, decaliter, declaimer, declarers, decretals, escalader, lacerated, lacquered, leadscrew, marcelled, parcelled, preplaced, reclaimed, reclasped, recleaned, relocated, retackled, ulcerated.

+3 letters: altercated, beclamored, berascaled, calendared, calendered, calenderer, callipered, cartelised, cartelized, cavaliered, celebrated, chandelier, cheerleads, clepsydrae, confederal, correlated, coveralled, credential, creditable, crenelated, crenulated, decaliters, decelerate, decemviral, declaimers, declarable, descramble, ectodermal, edulcorate, eradicable, escadrille, escaladers, fireplaced, freelanced, interlaced, leadscrews, lowercased, overcalled, overscaled, percolated, praelected, precleaned, precleared, predicable, premedical, rebalanced, recordable, relaunched, reluctated, replicated, screenland, undeclared.