Clearing

Quick meaning: Clearing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of clear.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of clear.

More Meanings

1. The act or process of making or becoming clear.
2. An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
3. An open space in the fog etc.
4. (telecommunications) A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
5. (British, education) The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
6. (soccer) The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.
7. (banking, finance) A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.

Example Sentences

Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges[…]: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.

Word Forms

• clearings

Synonyms for clearing

Depending on context, synonyms include glade, clearance, clarification.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include clarification, glade, disposal, clearance, closing, removal.

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