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clearing

  • noun
  • clear·ing
  • /ˈklɪɹ.ɪŋ/

The act or process of making or becoming clear.

Other meanings

  1. An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

  2. An open space in the fog etc.

Related words

  • immunoclearing
  • inclearing
  • nonclearing
  • outclearing
  • burn-clearing
  • clearing bank
  • clearing house
  • market clearing
  • mine-clearing

Example sentences

  • “The sky is clearing up.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “clearing” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.