Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To tidy up, to remove mess or obstacles from a place to make it neat.

  2. (intransitive)To leave, disappear.

    The showers should clear away tomorrow.

  3. (figuratively, transitive)To dispose of, to get rid of, to remove.

    remove from sight

  4. (transitive)To prepare some object for use by removing obstacles, untying or unfastening it.

Examples

20 sentences
  1. She helped me to clear snow away.

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  2. She will soon clear away these dishes.

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  3. She cleared away the dishes from the table.

    ruОна убрала со стола посуду.

    deSie räumte das Geschirr vom Tisch.

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  4. I'll clear these dishes away.

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  5. The smoke has cleared away.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

clears away, clearing away, cleared away, cleared away
Base formclear away · to clear away
3rd person singularclears away
Present participleclearing away
Past simplecleared away
Past participlecleared away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyclear away
he, she, itclears away

Past simpleLesson

all personscleared away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cleared away
he, she, ithas cleared away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill clear away

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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