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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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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