Definitions of clearing [ˈklɪər ɪŋ]

Translate clearing to

Definition of 'clearing'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) clearing
the act of a person or thing that clears; the process of becoming clear.

2.  clearing
a tract of land, as in a forest, that contains no trees or bushes.

3.  clearing
the reciprocal exchange between banks of checks and drafts, and the settlement of the differences.

4.  clearing
clearings, the total of claims settled at a clearinghouse.

Etymology: (1350–1400)

Definition of 'clearing'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) clearing, glade
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

2. (noun) clearing
the act of freeing from suspicion

3. (noun) clearing, clarification
the act of removing solid particles from a liquid

Definition of 'clearing'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) clearing
the act or process of making clear

2. (noun) clearing
a tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation

3. (noun) clearing
a method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts

4. (noun) clearing
the gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house

5. clearing
of Clear

Translation of 'clearing'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a piece of land cleared of wood etc for cultivation a clearing in the forest.
Afrikaans: speling, ruimte	Arabic: ارض مُجَرَّدَه من الأشْجا	Bulgarian: сечище
Brazilian: clareira	Czech: mýtina	German: die Rodung
Danish: rydning	Greek: ξέφωτο	Spanish: claro
Estonian: raatmaa	Farsi: زمین پاکسازی شده برای کشا	Finnish: aukko
French: clairière	Hebrew: קָרַחַת יַעַר	Hindi: निकासी, समाशोधन
Croatian: čišćenje, pročišćavanje,	Hungarian: (erdei) tisztás	Indonesian: lapangan terbuka
Icelandic: skógarrjóður	Italian: terreno diboscato	Japanese: 開墾地
Korean: (삼림) 개간지	Lithuanian: kirtimas, skynimas	Latvian: līdums; izcirtums
Malay: cerang	Dutch: open plek	Norwegian: rydning
Polish: polna, przecinka	Persian: زمین پاکسازی شده برای کشا	Pashto: په ځنګله كى هغه ټوټه مځكه
Portuguese: clareira	Romanian: luminiş; loc defrişat	Russian: просека
Slovak: rúbanisko	Slovenian: poseka	Serbian: proplanak
Swedish: röjt land, [kal]hygge	Thai: ที่โล่ง	Turkish: kayran, açıklık
Taiwanese: (森林中的)空曠地	Ukrainian: вирубка	Urdu: جنگل کاٹ کر قابل کاشت بنا
Vietnamese: phát quang	Chinese: （森林中的）空旷地
Get even more *translations for clearing...*