Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To remove obstructions or impediments from.

*1715–8 , (Matthew Prior), “Alma: or, The Progre?s of the Mind” in Poems on Several Occa?ions (1741), canto III, p.297:

*:Faith, Dick, I mu?t confe?s, ?tis true // (But this is only Entre Nous ) // That many knotty Points there are, // Which All di?cu?s, but Few can clear .

*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)

*:A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=7 citation , passage=‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared .

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=29, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Unspontaneous combustion , passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear' its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to ' clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.}}

(lb) To become freed from obstructions.

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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.

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

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

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*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:Iam sure he will clear me from partiality.

*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)

*:Wouldst thou clear rebellion?

(lb) To pass without interference; to miss.

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(lb) To become clear.

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

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To earn a profit of; to net.

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* (1800-1859)

the profit which she cleared on the cargo

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

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

*1613 , (Francis Bacon), (second edition), essay 18: “ Of Expences”:

*:Be?ides, he that cleares' at once will relap?e: for finding him?elfe out of ?traights, he will reuert to his cu?tomes. But hee that ' cleareth by degrees, induceth an habite of frugality, and gaineth as well vpon his minde, as vpon his E?tate.

To obtain a clearance.

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(lb) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending goal.

*{{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Chris Whyatt, title=Chelsea 1-0 Bolton

, work=BBC citation , passage=Bolton then went even closer when Elmander's cross was met by a bullet header from Holden, which forced a wonderful tip over from Cech before Drogba then cleared the resulting corner off the line.}}

To fell all trees of a forest.

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

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Verb

(head)

(suggest)

Verb

(en verb)

To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.

* (John Locke)

Some ideas are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Angelique Chrisafis, work=Guardian

, title= Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism , passage=She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.}}

To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 24, author=Nathan Rabin, work=The Onion AV Club

, title= Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3 , passage=In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author= Sarah Boseley

, volume=189, issue=10, page=15, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Children shun vegetables and fruit , passage=The [British Heart Foundation's] data […] suggests there has been little improvement in eating, drinking and exercise habits in spite of the concern about obesity and the launch of the government's child measurement programme, which warns parents if their children are overweight. About a third of under-16s across the UK are either overweight or obese.}}

To ask for without demanding.

To recommend.

* , chapter=19

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}

(obsolete) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.

* (William Shakespeare)

Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested .