clearing
IPA: kɫˈɪrɪŋ
noun
- The act or process of making or becoming clear.
- An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
- An open space in the fog etc.
- (banking, finance) A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.
- (telecommunications) A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
- (Britain, education) The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
- (soccer) The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.
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Examples of "clearing" in Sentences
- The labour of clearing the forest was long and arduous.
- The clearing of land mines is among the tasks of the ministry.
- They began the chore of preparing for farming by clearing the land.
- That figure includes the clearing of land to feed and graze the animals.
- The primary motivator for land clearing in Australia is agricultural profit.
- The clearing of the surrounding forests have caused much erosion to the area.