[
UK
/klˈiəɹɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈkɫɪɹɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫɪɹɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
- the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
- the act of freeing from suspicion
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.
- So it was with a flurry of paper gathering, desk clearing and eventually handshaking, I strolled out into the back lane for the last time.
- 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.