What is the meaning of clearing?

noun

• A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area.
  • synonyms: glade
• The act of freeing from suspicion.
• The act of removing solid particles from a liquid.
  • synonyms: clarification

verb

• Rid of obstructions.
  • usage: "Clear your desk"
  • synonyms: unclutter, clear
• Make a way or path by removing objects.
  • usage: "Clear a path through the dense forest"
  • synonyms: clear
• Become clear.
  • usage: "The sky cleared after the storm"
  • synonyms: clear up, clear, light up, brighten
• Grant authorization or clearance for.
  • usage: "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
  • synonyms: authorize, authorise, pass, clear
• Remove.
  • usage: "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"
  • synonyms: clear
• Go unchallenged; be approved.
  • usage: "The bill cleared the House"
  • synonyms: pass, clear
• Be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts.
  • usage: "The check will clear within 2 business days"
  • synonyms: clear
• Go away or disappear.
  • usage: "The fog cleared in the afternoon"
  • synonyms: clear
• Pass by, over, or under without making contact.
  • usage: "the balloon cleared the tree tops"
  • synonyms: clear, top
• Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
  • usage: "Could you clarify these remarks"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
  • synonyms: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
• Free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment.
  • usage: "Clear the ship and let it dock"
  • synonyms: clear
• Clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc..
  • usage: "clear the water before it can be drunk"
  • synonyms: clear
• Yield as a net profit.
  • usage: "This sale netted me $1 million"
  • synonyms: net, clear
• Make as a net profit.
  • usage: "The company cleared $1 million"
  • synonyms: net, sack, sack up, clear
• Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.
  • usage: "How much do you make a month in your new job"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5, 000 each month"
  • synonyms: gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
• Sell.
  • usage: "We cleared a lot of the old model cars"
  • synonyms: clear
• Pass an inspection or receive authorization.
  • usage: "clear customs"
  • synonyms: clear
• Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges.
  • usage: "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
  • synonyms: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate
• Settle, as of a debt.
  • usage: "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt"
  • synonyms: clear, solve
• Make clear, bright, light, or translucent.
  • usage: "The water had to be cleared through filtering"
  • synonyms: clear
• Rid of instructions or data.
  • usage: "clear a memory buffer"
  • synonyms: clear
• Remove (people) from a building.
  • usage: "clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat"
  • synonyms: clear
• Remove the occupants of.
  • usage: "Clear the building"
  • synonyms: clear
• Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound.
  • usage: "Clear the throat"
  • synonyms: clear, clear up