Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of clear
nounclearing (countable and uncountable, plural clearings)
plural clearings
- countableuncountableAn area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
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.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLCSynonyms: glade
- countableuncountablebankingA process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.
- countableuncountablecommunicationsA sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
- UKcountableuncountableeducationThe period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
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nounThe act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.
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nouna tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kl̥h₁rós
- Proto-Italic*klāros
- Latinclārus
- Old Frenchcler
- Middle Englishcler
- Englishclear
- Englishclearing
Translations
Basque argitzen, argiune
- argitzenact or process of making or becoming clear
- argiunearea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Bulgarian разчистване, проясняване
- разчистване (razčistvane)act or process of making or becoming clear
- проясняване (projasnjavane)act or process of making or becoming clear
- сечище (sečište)area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- просека (proseka)area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- клиринг (kliring)process of completing and settling transactions centrally
Catalan clariana
- clarianaarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Chinese Mandarin 空地
- 空地 (kòngdì)open space in the fog etc
Czech mýtina, paseka
- mýtinaarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- pasekaarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Danish lysning
- lysningarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Dutch loo, tra
- looarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- traarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- laararea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Esperanto klarigo, klariĝo
- klarigoact or process of making or becoming clear
- klariĝoact or process of making or becoming clear
- maldensejoarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- senarbejoarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- maldensejoopen space in the fog etc
Estonian lagendik, raiesmik
- lagendikarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- raiesmikarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Finnish selvittäminen, selvitys
- selvittäminenact or process of making or becoming clear
- selvitysact or process of making or becoming clear
- aukeaarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- metsäaukeaarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- aukioarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- aukkoopen space in the fog etc
- selvitysprocess of completing and settling transactions centrally
- clearingprocess of completing and settling transactions centrally
- erottaminensequence of events used to disconnect a call
French clarification, clairière
- clarificationact or process of making or becoming clear
- clairièrearea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
German Klärung, Aufklärung
- Klärungact or process of making or becoming clear
- Aufklärungact or process of making or becoming clear
- Lichtungarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- Rodungarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- Waldlichtungarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- Kahlschlagsflächearea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- Nebellichtungopen space in the fog etc
- Clearingprocess of completing and settling transactions centrally
- Geldausgleichprocess of completing and settling transactions centrally
- Verrechnungprocess of completing and settling transactions centrally
- Zahlungsausgleich unter Bankenprocess of completing and settling transactions centrally
- Abrechnungsverkehrprocess of completing and settling transactions centrally
Greek ξέφωτο
- ξέφωτο (xéfoto)area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Hebrew קָרַחַת יַעַר
- קָרַחַת יַעַר (karákhat yá'ar)area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Hungarian tisztás, irtás
- tisztásarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- irtásarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- irtványarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Icelandic rjóður
- rjóðurarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Indonesian kliring
- kliringprocess of completing and settling transactions centrally
Irish réiteach
- réiteacharea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Italian schiarimento, radura
- schiarimentoact or process of making or becoming clear
- raduraarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- spiazzoopen space in the fog etc
- compensazioneprocess of completing and settling transactions centrally
- resettaggiosequence of events used to disconnect a call
- ripristinosequence of events used to disconnect a call
- azzeramentosequence of events used to disconnect a call
Latvian izcirtums
- izcirtumsarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Lithuanian aikštė, laukymė
- aikštėarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- laukymėarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Māori waerenga
- waerengaarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Polish poręba, karczowisko
- porębaarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- karczowiskoarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- karczunekarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- clearingprocess of completing and settling transactions centrally
- kliringprocess of completing and settling transactions centrally
Portuguese clareamento, clarificação
- clareamentoact or process of making or becoming clear
- clarificaçãoact or process of making or becoming clear
- esclarecimentoact or process of making or becoming clear
- clareiraarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Russian очи́стка, расчи́стка
- очи́стка (očístka)act or process of making or becoming clear
- расчи́стка (rasčístka)act or process of making or becoming clear
- поля́на (poljána)area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- поля́на (poljána)open space in the fog etc
- кли́ринг (klíring)process of completing and settling transactions centrally
Scottish Gaelic glac, blàran coille
- glacarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- blàran coillearea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Slovak žiabre
- žiabrearea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Spanish clarificación, despejo
- clarificaciónact or process of making or becoming clear
- despejoact or process of making or becoming clear
- desmontearea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- claroarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- socolaarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- zocolaarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Swedish glänta, kalhygge
- gläntaarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- kalhyggearea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Tagalog palanas, tahaw
- palanasarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- tahawarea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Ukrainian поля́на, галя́ва
- поля́на (poljána)area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- галя́ва (haljáva)area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
- галя́вина (haljávyna)area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Welsh llannerch
- llannercharea of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with clearing
hearingappearingsteeringearringtearingfearinggearingcheeringpeeringendearingsearingsmearingveeringearingspearingjeeringpivot gearing
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
clearing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clearing
MLA
“clearing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clearing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clearing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clearing.
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