clearing

noun

clear·​ing ˈklir-iŋ 

1

: the act or process of making or becoming clear

2

: a tract of land cleared of wood and brush

3

: the settlement of accounts or exchange of financial instruments especially between banks

Synonyms of clearing

• pardon
• forgiveness
• vindication
• acquittal
• exoneration

Examples of clearing in a Sentence

the clearing of the table

the clearing of wood and brush from part of the forest

We found a clearing in the forest.

Recent Examples on the Web

Initiatives include expanding gold storage facilities, refineries, central clearing systems, investment channels like tokenization, and even forming a trade association for the industry. —Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026

The scraping of plow trucks and the roar of snowblowers echoed through town as cars sat buried in snowdrifts and neighbors spent hours clearing driveways. —Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026

Motherisk also served as a kind of clearing house, with extremely similar articles based on its research findings running in multiple medical journals. —Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026

Wyatt Kaiser caught a clearing attempt by Eetu Luostarinen at the left point to keep the Blackhawks in the zone and took it to the top of the near circle before sending a cross-ice seam pass to Ilya Mikheyev. —Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing clearing

• clearing bank

Rhymes for clearing

• cheering
• earing
• earring
• fearing
• gearing
• hearing
• jeering
• leering
• nearing
• peering
• rearing
• searing

Kids Definition

clearing

noun

clear·​ing ˈkli(ə)r-iŋ 

1

: the act or process of making or becoming clear

2

: an area of land cleared of wood and brush