1. clearing - Noun
2. clearing - Verb
of Clear
The act or process of making clear.
A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation.
A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts.
The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAtheism is just a way of clearing the space for better conversations. Sam Harris
The fuel on which science runs is ignorance. Science is like a hungry furnace that must be fed logs from the forests of ignorance that surround us. In the process, the clearing we call knowledge expands, but the more it expands, the longer its perimeter and the more ignorance comes into view. Matt Ridley
I think of myself as Special Forces, clearing the path for the infantry. Geraldo Rivera
In the clearing stands a boxer And a fighter by his trade And he carries the reminders Of ev'ry glove that laid him down Or cut him till he cried out In his anger and his shame "I am leaving, I am leaving." Paul Simon
Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move. Colin Powell
Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else. Only then are you free to serve and enjoy other people. Elizabeth Gilbert