clearing
nounUS /ˈklɪɹ.ɪŋ/ · UK /ˈklɪə.ɹɪŋ/
Etymology From clear + -ing.
7 senses
- 1The act or process of making or becoming clear.
- 2An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
- 3An open space in the fog etc.
- 4A process of exchanging transaction information and…
- 5A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and…
- 6The period in which remaining university places are…
- 7The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by…
1
The act or process of making or becoming clear.
2
An 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., →OCLC:
3
An open space in the fog etc.
5
Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
7
Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Soccer, Sports The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.
- Synonyms
- glade
- Derived terms
- burn-clearing, clearing bank, clearing house, immunoclearing, inclearing, market clearing, mine-clearing, nonclearing, outclearing