Definition of cleared

(rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk")

(make a way or path by removing objects; "Clear a path through the dense forest")

(become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm")

(grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography")

(remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road")

(go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House")

(be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts; "The check will clear within 2 business days")

(go away or disappear; "The fog cleared in the afternoon")

(pass by, over, or under without making contact; "the balloon cleared the tree tops")

(make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault")

(free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment; "Clear the ship and let it dock")

(clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.; "clear the water before it can be drunk")

(yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million")

(make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million")

(earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month")

(sell; "We cleared a lot of the old model cars")

(pass an inspection or receive authorization; "clear customs")

(pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges")

(settle, as of a debt; "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt")

(make clear, bright, light, or translucent; "The water had to be cleared through filtering")

(rid of instructions or data; "clear a memory buffer")

(remove (people) from a building; "clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat")

(remove the occupants of; "Clear the building")

(free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat")

(rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush; "cleared land"; "cleared streets free of fallen trees and debris"; "a cleared passage through the underbrush"; "played poker on the cleared dining room table")

(freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated")