[ UK /klˈi‍əɹɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫɪɹɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
  2. the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
  3. the act of freeing from suspicion
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How To Use clearing In A Sentence

  • A couple of weeks ago, while glassing four female Meneliks bushbuck two hundred yards away feeding in a tiny clearing during a pouring rain, a nice male stepped into view. Very Little Drops Dead
  • Over the winter months we've been doing a great deal of clearing up on our part-neglected croft garden, grubbing out and shredding dead shrubs and cutting back those that have either grown too large or are crowding others.
  • The orchestrated escort and the accompanying police violence in clearing the picket reflected the involvement of city based police, the local constabulary having been cooperative with the workers.
  • With the clearing of forests and the spread of farming, the cowbird's range expanded north and east.
  • Follow the river upstream from the weir for about two hundred yards and you will come to a clearing.
  • I know exactly what you mean," Data said, clearing the evidence of last night's carousal into the recycler. The Beast That Resembles A Poem(A Handy Resource for Architects,Engineers, and Students)
  • A small deer stood on the edge of the clearing.
  • We rode into the clearing and the sound of the river rushing seemed almost unreal.
  • The fourth side of the clearing was sheer cliff drop, attended by a barrier of split rails.
  • Without any brief or instruction, the man had made his home in a clearing and even cultivated a small potato crop.
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