cleared
SayKLEERD/klɪɹd/UK/klɪəd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of clear.
The jury cleared the defendant of every charge against him.
The morning fog cleared from the valley by ten o'clock.
Note
A regular form, so one spelling serves as both the past tense and the participle. The verb's transitivity decides whether the participle can be passive. Transitive uses take it freely: the road was cleared, the suspect was cleared of the charge. Intransitive uses do not take the passive. The fog has cleared, they have cleared off: these form their perfect with have alone.
cleared is a form of clear
clear, verb: To remove things that block or fill a place so that it is open or empty, as in 'clear the road of snow' or 'clear the table'. Full entry
- Spelling
- clear → cleared: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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