Antonyms for clearing
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kleer-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈklɪər ɪŋ |
Definition of clearing
Origin :- late 14c., "action of making clear," verbal noun from clear (v.). Meaning "land cleared of wood" is from 1818, American English.
- noun gap in area
- Now he scanned the trees on the edge of the clearing with painful anxiety.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The thousand or so human beings who crowded the clearing might not have existed.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- "I guess you don't like the table here," she observed icily, clearing away.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- "Well, I 'most wish we'd had her come home," said he at last, clearing his throat.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- On her way back she had to pass through the woods, where, on one side, was a clearing.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- The other two were clearing out fruit-tins with marvellous dexterity.
- Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
- The clearing of the deck for the departure upset every one and everything.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- He came to the edge of a clearing in which the building stood.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
- He went back to the mare, and went on clearing away the snow.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- What clearing do you use to make them look like pale sherry?
- Extract from : « The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste: » by Mrs. W. G. Waters
Synonyms for clearing
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