clearer

Pluralclearers

1. 1
   adjective

   Comparative of clear. Use it to say one thing is more clear than another.

   The new glasses made every word on the page look clearer.

   Her second explanation was much clearer than the first.

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A person or thing that clears something away or makes it empty.

   The clearer worked all night to remove fallen branches from the road.

   Several clearers were hired to haul away the rubble after the demolition.

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A worker with no special training who clears away trash and other waste.

   A clearer spent the whole shift hauling broken rock out of the mine.

   The company paid its clearers very little for such heavy work.

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A tool that sailmakers use to finish the hemp for ropes and threads.

   The sailmaker drew the hemp through the clearer until the fibers lay smooth.

   An old clearer hung among the other tools in the sail loft.

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