clearing
2
2.8
- noun
- /ˈklɪrɪŋ/
:
despeje
- As we hiked deeper into the forest, we stumbled upon a beautiful clearing filled with wildflowers.
- forest clearing
- large clearings
And walking across the clearing towards me came the mother leopard.
- And walking across the clearing towards me came the mother leopard.
- And I come into a clearing and at the same time running the opposite direction comes a stag.
Examples
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IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CLEARING, THERE WAS A HUT AND A VERY SKINNY DOG.
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We are close to one of the raised interior islands, with up to 20 acres of clearings and wooded areas.
Academic text (2011) -
You have the clearing of a forest, correct?
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And walking across the clearing towards me came the mother leopard.
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And I come into a clearing and at the same time running the opposite direction comes a stag.
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Clearings in the jungle just like the army drop sites during the war.
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In the dry season, however, we found both sexes near the ground, particularly in sunny clearings.
Academic text (1992) -
Vines seemed to be everywhere: in the clearings, in the trees, in the undergrowth stretched across the trails.
Fiction book (2001) -
THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL CLEARING JUST UP AHEAD.
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You're clambering through the Bush on one of Indonesia's Lesser Sunda islands when you suddenly spy a Komodo dragon in the clearing ahead.
Synonyms
44
6.7
A wide strip of land cut by a machine or tool
21
1.3
A large area of level land with few or no trees
19
5.4
An open area in a forest with few or no trees
15
1.2
A large area of land without buildings or trees used for play
1
6.0
An area of forest where all the trees have been cut down
Land where people have removed the trees by logging
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.9
A central place where banks exchange payments and settle accounts daily
- Specialized
1
4.8
An organization that collects and shares information or payments between other groups
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clearing comes from clear, which means 'free of things'; think of making a space open and bright. A forest clearing is simply land that has been made 'clear' of trees, so it becomes an open area.