clears

1. To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.

   If you clear the table, I'll wash up.

2. To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.

   Please clear all this stuff off the table.

3. To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.

   After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.

4. To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.

   We need to clear this issue once and for all.

5. To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.

   The court cleared the man of murder.

6. To pass without interference; to miss.

   The door just barely clears the table as it closes.

7. (activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.

   She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres.

8. To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).

   I cleared the first level in 36 seconds.

9. Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.

   The check might not clear for a couple of days.

10. To earn a profit of; to net.

    He's been clearing seven thousand a week.

11. To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.

    Air traffic control cleared the plane to land.

12. To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.

    I've cleared the press release with the marketing department, so go ahead and publish it.

13. To obtain a clearance.

    The steamer cleared for Liverpool today.

14. To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
15. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
16. To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.

    A low cross came in, and Smith cleared.

17. To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.

    to clear an array;  to clear a single bit (binary digit) in a value

18. To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.

noun

A relatively strong, coarse flour that has only been sifted once.