CLEARING

To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.

Example: "If you clear the table, i'll wash up."

To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.

Example: "Please clear all this stuff off the table."

To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.

Example: "After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening."

To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.

Example: "We need to clear this issue once and for all."

To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.

Example: "The court cleared the man of murder."

To pass without interference; to miss.

Example: "The door just barely clears the table as it closes."

(activities such as jumping or throwing) to exceed a stated mark.

Example: "She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres."

To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).

Example: "I cleared the first level in 36 seconds."

Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.

Example: "The check might not clear for a couple of days."

To earn a profit of; to net.

Example: "He's been clearing seven thousand a week."

To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.

Example: "Air traffic control cleared the plane to land."

To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.

Example: "I've cleared the press release with the marketing department, so go ahead and publish it."

To obtain a clearance.

Example: "The steamer cleared for liverpool today."

To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.

To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.

To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.

Example: "A low cross came in, and smith cleared."

To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.

Example: "To clear an array;  to clear a single bit (binary digit) in a value"

To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.