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CLEAR-CUT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clearly or sharply defined to the mind

Example:

trenchant distinctions between right and wrong

Synonyms:

clear-cut; distinct; trenchant

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

clear (readily apparent to the mind)

Derivation:

clearcutness (clarity as a consequence of precision)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible

Example:

a clear-cut pattern

Synonyms:

clean-cut; clear; clear-cut

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

distinct (easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined)

Derivation:

clearcutness (clarity as a consequence of precision)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Having had all the trees removed at one time

Example:

clear-cut hillsides are subject to erosion

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

cleared (rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove all the trees at one time

Example:

clear-cut an acre of forest

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "clear-cut" is one way to...):

clear (remove)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

Then, last of all, that pale clear-cut face, that sweet clear voice, with its high thrilling talk of the deathlessness of glory, of the worthlessness of life, of the pain of ignoble joys, and of the joy which lies in all pains which lead to a noble end.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That he had been handsome might be easily judged from his high aquiline nose and clear-cut chin; but his features had been so distorted by the seams and scars of old wounds, and by the loss of one eye which had been torn from the socket, that there was little left to remind one of the dashing young knight who had been fifty years ago the fairest as well as the boldest of the English chivalry.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)