clear – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of clear

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to clear out sth
Participle: cleared out sth
Gerund: clearing out sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iclear out sth
youclear out sth
he;she;itclears out sth
weclear out sth
youclear out sth
theyclear out sth

Perfect

Ihave cleared out sth
youhave cleared out sth
he;she;ithas cleared out sth
wehave cleared out sth
youhave cleared out sth
theyhave cleared out sth

Past

Icleared out sth
youcleared out sth
he;she;itcleared out sth
wecleared out sth
youcleared out sth
theycleared out sth

Pluperfect

Ihad cleared out sth
youhad cleared out sth
he;she;ithad cleared out sth
wehad cleared out sth
youhad cleared out sth
theyhad cleared out sth

Future

Iwill clear out sth
youwill clear out sth
he;she;itwill clear out sth
wewill clear out sth
youwill clear out sth
theywill clear out sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have cleared out sth
youwill have cleared out sth
he;she;itwill have cleared out sth
wewill have cleared out sth
youwill have cleared out sth
theywill have cleared out sth

Subjunctive

Present

Iclear out sth
youclear out sth
he;she;itclear out sth
weclear out sth
youclear out sth
theyclear out sth

Perfect

Ihave cleared out sth
youhave cleared out sth
he;she;ithave cleared out sth
wehave cleared out sth
youhave cleared out sth
theyhave cleared out sth

Imperfect

Icleared out sth
youcleared out sth
he;she;itcleared out sth
wecleared out sth
youcleared out sth
theycleared out sth

Pluperfect

Ihad cleared out sth
youhad cleared out sth
he;she;ithad cleared out sth
wehad cleared out sth
youhad cleared out sth
theyhad cleared out sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould clear out sth
youwould clear out sth
he;she;itwould clear out sth
wewould clear out sth
youwould clear out sth
theywould clear out sth

Perfect

Iwould have cleared out sth
youwould have cleared out sth
he;she;itwould have cleared out sth
wewould have cleared out sth
youwould have cleared out sth
theywould have cleared out sth

Imperative

youclear out sth
weLet's clear out sth
youclear out sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam clearing out sth
youare clearing out sth
he;she;itis clearing out sth
weare clearing out sth
youare clearing out sth
theyare clearing out sth

Perfect

Ihave been clearing out sth
youhave been clearing out sth
he;she;ithas been clearing out sth
wehave been clearing out sth
youhave been clearing out sth
theyhave been clearing out sth

Past

Iwas clearing out sth
youwere clearing out sth
he;she;itwas clearing out sth
wewere clearing out sth
youwere clearing out sth
theywere clearing out sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been clearing out sth
youhad been clearing out sth
he;she;ithad been clearing out sth
wehad been clearing out sth
youhad been clearing out sth
theyhad been clearing out sth

Future

Iwill be clearing out sth
youwill be clearing out sth
he;she;itwill be clearing out sth
wewill be clearing out sth
youwill be clearing out sth
theywill be clearing out sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been clearing out sth
youwill have been clearing out sth
he;she;itwill have been clearing out sth
wewill have been clearing out sth
youwill have been clearing out sth
theywill have been clearing out sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be clearing out sth
youwould be clearing out sth
he;she;itwould be clearing out sth
wewould be clearing out sth
youwould be clearing out sth
theywould be clearing out sth

Perfect

Iwould have been clearing out sth
youwould have been clearing out sth
he;she;itwould have been clearing out sth
wewould have been clearing out sth
youwould have been clearing out sth
theywould have been clearing out sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'clear'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'clear'

blear, clean, cleat, cleer, flear, lear, abear, afear, anear, arear,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material
blue-pencil, cancel, cross out, eliminate, erase, exclude, expunge, obliterate, remove, rub out, score, scrap, scratch, scrub, squelch, strike, strike out, terminate, delete

Additional Information

Etymology

1. c.1280, from O.Fr. cler, from L. clarus "clear, bright, distinct," related to clamare "call out" (see claim), hence with an original sense of "clear-sounding." An O.E. word for this was sweotol. Of the weather, 1382; of meanings or explanations, c.1300. Sense of "free from encumbrance," apparently nautical, developed c.1500. The verb meaning "to leap clear over" is first attested 1791. Clearance is from 1563; meaning "permission to land or take off an aircraft" is from 1944, Amer.Eng. Clearing "land cleared of wood" is from 1683. Clearing house is 1832, the original one established 1775 in London by the bankers for the adjustment of their mutual claims for checks and bills, later extended to similar institutions.
2. From Middle English clere, from Anglo-Norman cler, from Old French cler (Modern French clair), from Latin clarus. Displaced native Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr (“clear, bright”)), Middle English skere (“clear, sheer”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr (“sheer, clear, pure”)), Middle English smolt (“clear (of mind), serene”) (from Old English smolt (“peaceful, serene”)). Cognate with Danish, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish klar, Dutch klaar, French clair, Italian chiaro, Portuguese claro, Romanian clar, Spanish claro. See: French 'clair', French 'clair'.

Verbs referencing "clear"

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Sample Sentences

  • [...] Emily; but, in plain words, there is no choice between selling these two and selling everything. Either they must go, or _all_ must. Haley has come into possession of a mortgage, which, if I don't clear off with him directly, will take everything before it. I 've raked, and scraped, and borrowed, and all but begged,—and the price of these two was needed to make up the balance, and I had to give [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] Our senator was a statesman, and of course could not be expected to cry, like other mortals; and so he turned his back to the company, and looked out of the window, and seemed particularly busy in clearing his throat and wiping his spectacle-glasses, occasionally blowing his nose in a manner that was calculated to excite suspicion, had any one been in a state to observe critically. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] and look first one way and then the other; not knowing which to take. Sometimes they stagger as if they were drunk, and sometimes are forced to lean against the fence, they 're so bad:—but they clear off in course of time. ’ (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] bread, butter, salmon, shad, liver, steak, potatoes, pickles, ham, chops, black-puddings, and sausages, he rose up and walked off. When everybody had done with everything, the fragments were cleared away: and one of the waiters appearing anew in the character of a barber, shaved such of the company as desired to be shaved; while the remainder looked on, or yawned over their newspapers. Dinner [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] the little rivulets that had trickled from the corners of their mouths in chewing, and dried there. Nor was the atmosphere quite free from zephyr whisperings of the thirty beds which had just been cleared away, and of which we were further and more pressingly reminded by the occasional appearance on the table-cloth of a kind of Game, not mentioned in the Bill of Fare. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] blue smoke curling up into the sky. It stands in the corner of the poor field of wheat, which is full of great unsightly stumps, like earthy butchers’-blocks. Sometimes the ground is only just now cleared: the felled trees lying yet upon the soil: and the log-house only this morning begun. As we pass this clearing, the settler leans upon his axe or hammer, and looks wistfully at the people from the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] death; vaunted in England as a mine of Golden Hope, and speculated in, on the faith of monstrous representations, to many people 's ruin. A dismal swamp, on which the half-built houses rot away: cleared here and there for the space of a few yards; and teeming, then, with rank unwholesome vegetation, in whose baleful shade the wretched wanderers who are tempted hither, droop, and die, and lay their [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Then, it was time to fire a gun, for a pilot; and almost before its smoke had cleared away, a little boat with a light at her masthead came bearing down upon us, through the darkness, swiftly. And presently, our sails being backed, she ran alongside; and the hoarse pilot, wrapped [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Was ever such a sneaking varmint ? ” said one of the men; “ to come on his business, and he clear out and leave us this yer way ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ But you should _wash_ your dishes, and clear them away. ” “ Wash my dishes ! ” said Dinah, in a high key, as her wrath began to rise over her habitual respect of manner; “ what does ladies know ’ bout work, I want to know ? When ’ d Mas’r ever [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • - Skip, would you mind running it quickly ? - Yeah, um... [ clears throat ] (A Sprinkle of Christmas)