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Antonyms for clear away

Word Origin & History

late 13c., "bright," from Old French cler "clear" (of sight and hearing), "light, bright, shining; sparse" (12c., Modern French clair), from Latin clarus "clear, loud," of sounds; figuratively "manifest, plain, evident," in transferred use, of sights, "bright, distinct;" also "illustrious, famous, glorious" (source of Italian chiaro, Spanish claro), from PIE *kle-ro-, from root *kele- (2) "to shout" (see claim (v.)).

The sense evolution involves an identification of the spreading of sound and the spreading of light (cf. English loud, used of colors; German hell "clear, bright, shining," of pitch, "distinct, ringing, high"). Of complexion, from c.1300; of the weather, from late 14c.; of meanings or explanations, "manifest to the mind, comprehensible," c.1300. (An Old English word for this was sweotol "distinct, clear, evident.") Sense of "free from encumbrance," apparently nautical, developed c.1500. Phrase in the clear attested from 1715. Clear-sighted is from 1580s (clear-eyed is from 1529s); clear-headed is from 1709.

Example Sentences for clear away

It seemed to her that even Enoch might take the hint, and clear away his rubbish.

Hilary shook his head vigorously to clear away the flood of recollections.

Cut some green shoots of elder early in the spring, clear away the bark, and put two good handfuls into a quart of thick cream.

At the outset of the discussion we may clear away a confusion.

I am going to help you clear away, but please don't ask me to do it just now.

I wonder why they always leave such a lot of stuff to clear away.

These things serve to clear away the awkwardness of a self-presentation.

I was anxious before these men were clear away, but they have gone.

“You have got clear away from Kenneth,” she reminded him, hastily.

We tried to clear away the stones; but they must have piled all the rocks in Sussex on top of us.

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