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# clearing

noun (a clearing, clearings); verb form of clear (clearing)

«clearing» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A clearing is an open space in a wood or forest where there are no trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearing/#m1)
2. Clearing is the -ing form of the verb «clear»: taking things away so a place is empty, tidy or open (clearing the table, clearing snow). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearing/#m2)
3. Clearing also describes weather getting brighter as clouds go away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearing/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories, characters walk through a dark forest and come out into a sunny clearing, often where something important happens. In everyday life children help with clearing the table or clearing up. In weather reports «clearing» means the rain is stopping. Phrases: a forest clearing, clearing up, clearing the table, clearing away.

### Examples

- The deer stood in a clearing in the forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearing/#x1)
- We put up our tent in a small clearing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearing/#x2)
- Sunlight shone into the clearing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearing/#x3)
- I am clearing the table after dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearing/#x4)
- The workers are clearing snow from the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearing/#x5)
- The sky is clearing, so we can go outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearing/#x6)
- The children were clearing away the paints. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearing/#x7)
- Now they reached a clearing in the forest and there stood a statue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearing/#x8)

### Note

As a noun it is countable (a clearing, two clearings). As a verb form: clear, clears, cleared, clearing. «Clear up» = tidy, or stop raining. In a clearing (not «on a clearing»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «clearing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«clearing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/clearing.html) on Mova free.