(a) Giving light, shining; (b) gleaming, glittering, sparkling; (c) of colors: bright, pure.

(a) Not turbid; transparent, translucent; ~ drope, amaurosis; ~ tunicle, the cornea; (b) free from impurities, clarified, pure; fig. free from spoilsports [quot.TC], cleared of enemies [quot.: c1440]; (c) morally pure, guiltless, innocent.

(a) Beautiful, magnificent, excellent; (b) praiseworthy, illustrious, glorious; maken ~, to glorify (sb.).

(a) Of weather, sky, the sea: not stormy; mild, fair; (b) of day, morning, dawn: no longer dark, not overcast, light; (c) fig. cheerful, serene; trouble-free.

(a) Of eyes, vision: clear, keen; -- also used of hearing; (b) of objects: clearly visible; (c) of sound, voice: loud, distinct, resonant; (d) of mind, persons: keen-witted, acute, perspicacious; of knowledge, understanding: clear, certain; (e) of words, speech, etc.: readily understood, plain, lucid; it is ~, it is plain, it is obvious.

(a) Of ground, etc.: cleared, bare, leveled; of a wall: rising clear of other parts of the building; (b) of movement: unobstructed, free; (c) unrestricted; of possession, right, or title: unconditional, absolute; of land: clear as to title; of descent: undisputed; ~ of armes, fully entitled to bear arms; (d) of a reckoning, an account, a debt: free from deduction, net; also, accurate, just; (e) quit and ~, free and clear; free from blame, above suspicion, undisputed; unscathed, unharmed.