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Clear Away

Definition: Clear Away

Clear Away

Verb

1. Remove from sight.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Clear Away

Synonym: clear off (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Clear Away

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Ejection

Empty; drain to the dregs; sweep off; clear off, clear out, clear away; suck, draw off; clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Clear Away

English words defined with "clear away": apologise, apologizedetergeexcusejustifymuckrationalise, rationalizeScauper. (references)
Specialty definitions using "clear away": advanced guardClear the Deckshydraulic prospectingreddTable. (references)

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Modern Usage: Clear Away

DomainUsage

Screenplays

And i want this wall 9 feet high, firing steps on the inside, form details to clear away the Zulu bodies, rebuild the south rampart, keep 'em moving. (Zulu; writing credit: John Prebble;)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Clear Away

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Cambodia

For the next 64 years, the conservancy worked to clear away the forest, repair foundations, and install drains to protect the buildings from their most insidious enemy:water. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Clear Away

Language Translations for "clear away"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

spastroj (clean out, clear, purge), ngre tavolinën, heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏نظف (char, clean, clean out, clear, do, mop, pan, purge, purify, rub, sanitize, scavenge, scour, scrub, swab, wash out), ‏أزال (abstract, assuage, ax, axe, bulldoze, clear, declassify, dismantle, dispel, eliminate, enucleate, eviscerate, excise, obliterate, preclude, put aside, relieve, remove, rest, retrench, rid, rub, rub out, settle, slip, smooth, stave off, suppress, take away). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

свършвам (accomplish, adjourn, be through with smth., end, finish, job, put through, run short, shoot away, sink, turn off, wind up, work out), раздигам (put away), вдигам се (get up, heave, lift, pick up, rear, revolt, rise). (various references)

   

Czech

  

sklidit (clear), rozplynout se (come to nothing, disappear, disperse, dissolve, dwindle away, fizzle out), odstranit (ablate, discharge, dismantle, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, get out, remove, supersede, sweep, take away), odklidit ze stolu. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

afruimen (remove the cloth), afnemen (abate, abstract, buy, decline, decrease, diminish, drop, fall, purchase, remove the cloth, settle, take away, take over, wane). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

forigi la manĝilaron (remove the cloth). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

korjata pois (remove). (various references)

   

French

  

nettoyer (clean, clean out, clear), dissiper (clear). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

ôfrêde (remove the cloth). (various references)

   

German

  

wegräumen (move away, put away, shift, tidy away, to clear away), abräumen (abstract, clear, clear up, remove the cloth, take away). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παίρνω (bear away, carry off, collect, contract, derive, get, take, take in), φεύγω (buzz off, clear off, clear out, come away, drive away, drive off, flee, fleet, fly, get away, go away, go off, leave, pull out, run along, scurry, slope off, take oneself off, wear off). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לסלק (banish, clear, dismiss, eliminate, get rid of, remove, send away, take away, throw out, work off). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

eltüntet (cover up, hide, take away, to charm away, to conjure away, to remove, to secrete, to spirit away, to spirit off, to take away), eltávolít (dislodge, estrange, extract, flick off, relegate, remove, to alien, to brush aside, to clear away, to cut out, to defecate, to depose, to dislodge, to distance, to do away, to eliminate, to estrange, to expel, to extract, to obliterate, to prune away, to prune down, to replace, to sequester, to take out, to weed out, wipe off). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

merambah (cut down), babat (cut through). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sgombrare (clear, evacuate, move out of, pack up, vacate), portare via (abduct, carry away). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

晴れる (to be sunny, to clear away, to stop raining). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きりはらう (to clear away, to clear land, to lop off, to prune), やきはらう (to clear away by burning, to reduce to ashes), はれる (to be sunny, to become swollen, to clear away, to clear up, to stop raining, to swell), はらす (to clear away, to dispel, to refresh), とりかたづける (to clean up, to clear away, to put in order), とりはらう (to clear away, to demolish, to remove). (various references)

   

Manx

  

glenney magh (clean out, discharge, scavenging), cur ass y raad (disaccustom). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

earclay awayay

   

Portuguese

  

vencer (bear down, defeat, lick, outdo, outrival, overcome, overmatch, overpass, overpower, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph, vanquish, whop, win), superar (bear down, beat, better, cap, cope with, defeat, exceed, outgrow, outrival, overcome, overmatch, paragon, ride out, surmount, surpass, vanquish). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

trece (bequeath, blow over, call, call on, cease, cross, die, diminish, disappear, elapse, enter, flow, Ford, get in, get under, go, go by, go on, insert, jot down, lapse, lapse away, pass, pass away, pass by, pass off, pass on, pop, reeve, register, roll, sail, sift, slip away, slip by, transmit, traverse, wear), lua (acquire, assume, assume a name, book, bring, catch, clasp, confiscate, conquer, contact, contract, draw, extract, finger, form, get, have, hire, interpret, jerk off, keep off, lay hands on, lay hold of, load, Mount, nim, pick, pick up, pocket, pouch, receive, snatch, start, take). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

убирать (clear, clear out, furl, put away, remove, take away, tidy up), рассеиваться (disperse). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

skloniti (clear, dismount, hide, lay by, put away, refuge, remove, take away), raspremiti, rasčistiti, izneti (adduce, bring forth, bring up, carry out, introduce, put forward, state, trot out). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

recoger la mesa (remove the cloth), quitar (abstract, blow off, brush away, brush off, clear out, come off, encroach on, excise, get away, get off, get out, give, iron out, kill, knock off, knock out, lay, leak away, leak out, leave, lend, let away, litter, Parry, pick off, pinch, pull off, push off, relieve, remove, take away, take down, take from, take off, take out, take up, tear down, throw aside, throw away, throw over, throw up, tidy away, trim away, trim off, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn off, twist off, wash away, wash off, weaken, weed, withdraw), abandonar (abandon, bolt, break, call off, cast away, cede, chuck, come off, come up, desert, ditch, drop, drop out, flee, forsake, give in, give up, give way, iron out, jack in, lead off, leave, leave over, let into, quit, relinquish, resign, retire, take away, take from, take off, tear down, throw down, throw off, throw over, throw up, toss aside, walk out, walk out on, weaken, withdraw, yield). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

röja undan, lätta (alleviate, alleviated, clear, disencumber, ease, ease off, ease up, facilitate, get, lift, lighten, lighter, unburden), duka av. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yok olmak (disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, ooze away, perish, vanish), toplamak (accumulate, add, add together, add up, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, assemble, beat up, bring together, build, call in, cast up, club, collect, combine, compile, concentrate, congest, congregate, consolidate, convene, cull, fold down back, furl, gather, gather up, glean, hand-pick, harvest, heap up, herd, hive, hive up, hoard, huddle, impound, lay up, levy, mass, muster, pack, pick, pick up, pluck, raise, rake together, rally, reckon up, recover, recruit, reunite, round up, scoop up, smarten up, sum up, summon, summon up, tot up, total, totalize, treasure, treasure up, turn out), sofrayı kaldırmak, ortadan kaldırmak (abolish, annihilate, blot out, charm away, clear off, do away with, extinguish, hide from view, iron out, kill, make away with, put away, put out of sight, raze, remove, suppress, sweep, sweep away, take away), kaybolmak (be lost, die away, die down, disappear, go, go astray, lose, lose one's bearings, lose out, smear, wander, wither), kaldırmak (abolish, arouse, blank out, blue pencil, boost, Brook, cancel, carry, clear, deration, do away with, elevate, erect, get up, give smb. a lift, heave, heft, hoist, hold, hold up, Jack, jack up, lift, lift up, move away, perk, perk up, pick off, pick up, poise, pull up, put aside, put away, put by, put up, quash, raise, reap, rear, receive, remove, scoop up, setaside, take off, take up, turn up, upheave, uphold, upraise), dağılmak (adjourn, be scattered, clear, come apart, crack up, decay, decompose, diffuse, disband, disintegrate, disperse, disrupt, dissolve, fall, fly to pieces, go into splinters, go splinters, go to pieces, scatter, separate, splinter, spread, straggle), açmak (bare, beat, bring up in conversation, bring up the subject, broach, cave, cave in, clear, clear off, clear up, cleave, cut, cut loose, dehisce, denude, dilate, dilute, disclose, disentangle, elaborate, evolve, expand, fade, inaugurate, institute, lay open, lead, lighten, loosen, loosen up, offer, open, open out, open up, pass, put up, ring up, shake out, sharpen, site, spread, spread out, strip, switch on, thaw, thaw out, throw open, tint, turn on, turn up, unbind, unbosom, unburden, uncase, unclasp, uncloak, unclose, unclothe, uncoil, uncover, uncross, uncurl, undo, unfold, unfurl, unhitch, unlock, unloose, unpack, unpin, unplait, unroll, unseal, unsnarl, unstop, untangle, unthread, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind, unwrap, usher in, whet, whiten, wind). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

прибирати посуд зі столу. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Clear Away

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

aversa, aversae, aversi, aversum, aversus, conversa, conversae, conversi, conversique, conversum, conversus, conversusque. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Clear Away

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-e-l-r-w-y"

-1 letter: clayware.

-2 letters: areaway, caraway, raceway.

-3 letters: aweary, clawer, crawly, lawyer.

-4 letters: alary, alway, areal, areca, aware, carle, clary, clear, craal, crawl, early, lacer, lacey, layer, leary, lycea, rawly, relay, waler, weary.

-5 letters: acre, acyl, aery, alae, alar, alec, area, aryl, away, awry, care, carl, claw, clay, clew, craw, crew, earl, eyra, lace, lacy, lear, lyre.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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