to remove things from a place so that nothing is left blocking or covering it
Could you clear the dishes from the table?
Firefighters worked to clear the road of fallen branches.
✦ From Middle English cleren, from the adjective.
(of weather or the sky) to become free of clouds, rain, or fog
The storm lasted all night but it cleared by morning.
If the fog clears, we can see the mountains.
✦ Extension of the verb sense based on the adjective.
