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CLEAR OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Empty completely
Example:
We cleaned out all the drawers
Synonyms:
clean out; clear out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "clear out" is one way to...):
empty (make void or empty of contents)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clear out"):
clinker (clear out the cinders and clinker from)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Clear out the chest and lungs
Example:
This drug expectorates quickly
Synonyms:
clear out; drive out; expectorate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "clear out" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Move out and leave nothing behind
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "clear out" is one way to...):
move out (move out of one's old house or office)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
