Clear vs. Opaque
Clearadjective
Transparent in colour.
Clearadjective
Bright, not dark or obscured.
Clearadjective
Free of obstacles.
Clearadjective
Without clouds.
Clearadjective
(meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
Clearadjective
Free of ambiguity or doubt.
Clearadjective
Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
Clearadjective
(figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
Clearadjective
(of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
Clearadjective
Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
Clearadjective
(Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
Clearadjective
Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
Clearadjective
Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
Clearadjective
Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
Clearadjective
Unmixed; entirely pure.
Clearadjective
Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
Clearadjective
Without diminution; in full; net.
Clearadverb
All the way; entirely.
Clearadverb
Not near something or touching it.
Clearadverb
free (or separate) from others
Clearadverb
(obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
Clearverb
(transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
Clearverb
(ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
Clearverb
(transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
Clearverb
(transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
Clearverb
(transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
Clearverb
(intransitive) To become clear.
Clearverb
(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
Clearverb
To earn a profit of; to net.
Clearverb
(transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
Clearverb
To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
Clearverb
To obtain a clearance.
Clearverb
(sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending goal.
Clearverb
To fell all trees of a forest.
Clearverb
To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
Clearverb
To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
Clearnoun
(carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
Clearnoun
(cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.)
Clearadjective
Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
Clearadjective
Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.
Clearadjective
Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.
Clearadjective
Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
Clearadjective
Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.
Clearadjective
Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.
Clearadjective
Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.
Clearadjective
Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.
Clearadjective
Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
Clearadjective
Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.
Clearadjective
Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.
Clearnoun
Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls; as, a room ten feet square in the clear.
Clearadverb
In a clear manner; plainly.
Clearadverb
Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.
Clearverb
To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds.
Clearverb
To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.
Clearverb
To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous.
Clearverb
To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious.
Clearverb
To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; - often used with of, off, away, or out.
Clearverb
To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; - often used with from before the thing imputed.
Clearverb
To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
Clearverb
To gain without deduction; to net.
Clearverb
To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; - of the weather; - often followed by up, off, or away.
Clearverb
To become free from turbidity; - of solutions or suspensions of liquids; as, the salt has not completely dissolved until the suspension clears up; when refrigerated, the juice may become cloudy, but when warmed to room temperature, it clears up again.
Clearverb
To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
Clearverb
To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.
Clearverb
To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day.
Clearnoun
the state of being free of suspicion;
Clearnoun
a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water;
Clearverb
rid of obstructions;
Clearverb
make a way or path by removing objects;
Clearverb
become clear;
Clearverb
grant authorization or clearance for;
Clearverb
remove;
Clearverb
go unchallenged; be approved;
Clearverb
be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts;
Clearverb
go away or disappear;
Clearverb
pass by, over, or under without making contact;
Clearverb
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear;
Clearverb
free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment;
Clearverb
clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.;
Clearverb
yield as a net profit;
Clearverb
make as a net profit;
Clearverb
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages;
Clearverb
sell;
Clearverb
pass an inspection or receive authorization;
Clearverb
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;
Clearverb
settle, as of a debt;
Clearverb
make clear, bright, light, or translucent;
Clearverb
rid of instructions or data;
Clearverb
remove (people) from a building;
Clearverb
remove the occupants of;
Clearverb
free (the throat) by making a rasping sound;
Clearadjective
clear to the mind;
Clearadjective
free from confusion or doubt;
Clearadjective
affording free passage or view;
Clearadjective
free from cloudiness; allowing light to pass through;
Clearadjective
free from contact or proximity or connection;
Clearadjective
characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt);
Clearadjective
(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims;
Clearadjective
(especially of a title) free from any encumberance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law;
Clearadjective
clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible;
Clearadjective
accurately stated or described;
Clearadjective
free from clouds or mist or haze;
Clearadjective
free of restrictions or qualifications;
Clearadjective
free from flaw or blemish or impurity;
Clearadjective
clear of charges or deductions;
Clearadjective
easily deciphered
Clearadjective
freed from any question of guilt;
Clearadjective
characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving;
Clearadjective
of complexion; without such blemishes as e.g. acne;
Clearadverb
completely;
Clearadverb
in an easily perceptible manner;
Clearadjective
easy to perceive, understand, or interpret
Clearadjective
leaving no doubt; obvious or unambiguous
Clearadjective
having or feeling no doubt or confusion
Clearadjective
(of a substance) transparent; unclouded
Clearadjective
free of cloud, mist, or rain
Clearadjective
(of a person's skin) free from blemishes
Clearadjective
(of a colour) pure and intense
Clearadjective
(of a fire) burning with little smoke
Clearadjective
free of any obstructions or unwanted objects
Clearadjective
(of a period of time) free of any appointments or commitments
Clearadjective
(of a person) free of something undesirable or unpleasant
Clearadjective
(of a person's mind) free of anything that impairs logical thought
Clearadjective
(of a person's conscience) free of guilt
Clearadjective
not touching; away from
Clearadjective
complete; full
Clearadjective
(of a sum of money) net
Clearadjective
denoting a palatalized form of the sound of the letter l (as in leaf in most accents of English).
Clearadverb
so as to be out of the way of or away from
Clearadverb
so as not to be obstructed or cluttered
Clearadverb
completely
Clearadverb
all the way to
Clearverb
remove an obstruction or unwanted item or items from
Clearverb
free (land) for cultivation or building by removing vegetation or existing structures
Clearverb
cause people to leave (a building or place)
Clearverb
gradually go away or disappear
Clearverb
become free of cloud or rain
Clearverb
(of a person's face or expression) assume a happier aspect following confusion or distress
Clearverb
remove (an obstruction or unwanted item) from somewhere
Clearverb
(in soccer and other sports) send (the ball) away from the area near one's goal
Clearverb
discharge (a debt)
Clearverb
get past or over (something) safely or without touching it
Clearverb
officially show or declare (someone) to be innocent
Clearverb
give official approval or authorization to
Clearverb
satisfy the necessary requirements to pass through (customs)
Clearverb
(with reference to a cheque) pass through a clearing house so that the money goes into the payee's account
Clearverb
earn or gain (an amount of money) as a net profit
Opaqueadjective
Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
Opaqueadjective
Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
Opaqueadjective
(figuratively) Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
Opaqueadjective
(figuratively) Obtuse, stupid.
Opaqueadjective
(computing) Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.
Opaquenoun
An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.
Opaquenoun
Something which is opaque rather than translucent.
Opaqueverb
(transitive) To make, render (more) opaque.
Opaqueadjective
Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance.
Opaqueadjective
Obscure; not clear; unintelligible.
Opaquenoun
That which is opaque; opacity.
Opaqueadjective
not clear; not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy;
Opaqueadjective
not clearly understood or expressed
