(chiefly US, idiomatic) Not guilty or not suspected of wrongdoing. / (of a television, radio or data transmission) Transmitted without encryption or scrambling. / (idiomatic) No longer in danger.

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

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clear

(obsolete) Brightness, brilliancy. / Mental or sensory distinctness; clarity of understanding, perception etc. / The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc.

plural of clearness

present participle of clear the decks

(nautical) To remove, or fasten, all loose material, or partitions prior to a naval engagement. / (by extension, figuratively) To prepare for action.

(transitive) To clarify, to correct a misconception. / (intransitive) To depart or disappear. / (intransitive, of skin or medical images) To become free of certain blemishes.

(simile, sarcastic) Unclear; difficult or impossible to understand or interpret.

Any of a network of banks that have a formal arrangement for the exchange of cheques, drafts, etc.