cleared betydelse and definition

Betydelse av cleared på svenska

• 0 past simple and past participle of clear

• 1 to remove or get rid of whatever is blocking or filling something, or to stop being blocked or full:

  • It took several hours to clear the road after the accident.

  • I'll make the coffee if you'll clear the table.

  • If you use this nasal spray, your nose should clear.

  • After my aunt died, we arranged for her house to be cleared (= for the furniture to be removed from it).

  • If you press this key, the computer screen will clear (= the text and pictures will be removed from it).

  • Shops are currently holding sales to clear their summer stock (= get rid of goods by selling them cheaply).

  • Paul helped his elderly neighbour by clearing her path of snow/clearing snow from her path.

  • Could you clear your things off/from the sofa?

  • I never leave work until I've cleared my in-tray (= have finished the work that needs to be done).

  • She cleared her throat nervously before she began to speak.

• 2 to prove that someone is not guilty of something that they were accused of:

  • After many years in prison, the men were finally cleared of the bombings.

• 3 to give official permission for something:

  • Despite local opposition, the plans for the new supermarket have been cleared by the council.

  • Ladies and gentlemen, air-traffic control has now cleared the plane for take-off.

  • I don't know if I can get the car tonight - I'll have to clear it with Mum.

  • Before you can enter the country, you have to clear customs.

• 4 to become or make something pure or easy to see through:

  • The children enjoyed stirring the mud at the bottom of the pond, then watching the water slowly clear again.

  • Your skin would clear (= become free of spots) if you had a healthier diet.

  • After the thunderstorm, the sky cleared (= stopped being cloudy).

  • The fog is expected to have cleared (away) (= gone) by midday.

• 5 to make your mind free from confusion so that you can think quickly and well:

  • I need to get some fresh air to clear my head (= to make me able to think well).

• 6 to pay back all the money that you owe

• 7 to have an amount of money left from your earnings after any necessary payments, charges, taxes, etc.:

  • Bill clears $200 a week.

• 8 to (cause a cheque to) go from one bank to another through a central organization, so that money can be paid to the person it is owed to:

  • It usually takes four to five working days for a cheque to clear.

• 9 to jump or go over something without touching it:

  • The horse cleared the fence with inches to spare.