clear – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of clear

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)