S: (v) authorize, authorise, pass, clear (grant authorization or clearance for) "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
S: (v) clear (remove) "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"
S: (v) remove, take, take away, withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract) "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
S: (v) harvest (remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation) "Should one harvest organs from dead people for transplants?"
S: (v) bail (remove (water) from a vessel with a container)
S: (v) strip, undress, divest, disinvest (remove (someone's or one's own) clothes) "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
S: (v) clean, pick (remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits) "Clean the turkey"
S: (v) clean (remove shells or husks from) "clean grain before milling it"
S: (v) winnow, fan (blow away or off with a current of air) "winnow chaff"; "The speaker ceased to be an amusing little gnat to be fanned away and was kicked off the forum"
S: (v) pick (remove in small bits) "pick meat from a bone"
S: (v) clear, clear up (free (the throat) by making a rasping sound) "Clear the throat"
S: (v) muck (remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine)
S: (v) lift (remove from a surface) "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
S: (v) lift (take off or away by decreasing) "lift the pressure"
S: (v) lift (remove from a seedbed or from a nursery) "lift the tulip bulbs"
S: (v) tear away, tear off, rip off (remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully) "The passing bus tore off her side mirror"
S: (v) take off (take away or remove) "Take that weight off me!"
S: (v) take away, take out (take out or remove) "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
S: (v) pit, stone (remove the pits from) "pit plums and cherries"
S: (v) delouse (free of lice) "They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps"
S: (v) ream (remove by making a hole or by boring) "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment"
S: (v) brush (remove with or as if with a brush) "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
S: (v) wash, wash out, wash off, wash away (remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent) "he washed the dirt from his coat"; "The nurse washed away the blood"; "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"; "he managed to wash out the stains"
S: (v) desorb (remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed) "the substance was desorbed"
S: (v) pull (take away) "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf"
S: (v) take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off (remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state) "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"
S: (v) unveil (remove the cover from) "unveil a painting"
S: (v) dislodge, free (remove or force out from a position) "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"
S: (v) clean (remove while making clean) "Clean the spots off the rug"
S: (v) draw off, draw away, pull off (remove by drawing or pulling) "She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth"; "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese"
S: (v) clean, strip (remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely) "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"
S: (v) draw, take out (take liquid out of a container or well) "She drew water from the barrel"
S: (v) draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out (bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover) "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
S: (v) leach (cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate)
S: (v) draw (cause to flow) "The nurse drew blood"
S: (v) withdraw, draw, take out, draw off (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)) "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
S: (v) net, sack, sack up, clear (make as a net profit) "The company cleared $1 million"
S: (v) gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages) "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"
S: (v) clear (sell) "We cleared a lot of the old model cars"
S: (v) clear (pass an inspection or receive authorization) "clear customs"
S: (adj) clear (readily apparent to the mind) "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature"
S: (adj) clear (allowing light to pass through) "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean"
S: (adj) clear (free from contact or proximity or connection) "we were clear of the danger"; "the ship was clear of the reef"
S: (adj) clear (characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)) "a clear conscience"; "regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes"
S: (adj) clean, clear, light, unclouded ((of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims) "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"
S: (adj) clear, unmortgaged ((especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law) "I have clear title to this property"
S: (adj) clear, clean-cut, clear-cut (clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible) "as clear as a whistle"; "clear footprints in the snow"; "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather"; "a spire clean-cut against the sky"; "a clear-cut pattern"
S: (adj) well-defined, clear (accurately stated or described) "a set of well-defined values"
S: (adj) clear, percipient (characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving) "clear mind"; "a percipient author"
Adverb
S: (adv) clear, all the way (completely) "read the book clear to the end"; "slept clear through the night"; "there were open fields clear to the horizon"
S: (adv) clearly, clear (in an easily perceptible manner) "could be seen clearly under the microscope"; "She cried loud and clear"