bar vs clear

bar

verb
  • To obstruct the passage of (someone or something). 

  • To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe. 

  • To prohibit. 

  • To lock or bolt with a bar. 

noun
  • An establishment offering cosmetic services. 

  • Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage. 

  • A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip. 

  • The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed. 

  • A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501). 

  • The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit. 

  • A broad shaft, band, or stripe. 

  • The bar exam, the legal licensing exam. 

  • A drilling or tamping rod. 

  • A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room. 

  • An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act. 

  • A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass. 

  • A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length. 

  • A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart. 

  • A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle). 

  • A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level. 

  • The counter of such premises. 

  • The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa. 

  • A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo. 

  • The crossbar. 

  • Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome. 

  • A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value. 

  • A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water. 

  • An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served. 

  • Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others. 

  • One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess. 

  • Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash. 

  • Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier. 

  • The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole. 

  • A city gate, in some British place names. 

  • An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises. 

  • A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house. 

  • One of those musical sections. 

  • A vein or dike crossing a lode. 

  • A cuboid piece of any solid commodity. 

  • One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining. 

  • A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town. 

  • A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault. 

  • An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity. 

  • A measure of drugs, typically one ounce. 

  • The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay. 

prep
  • Except, other than, besides. 

  • Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name. 

clear

verb
  • To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free. 

  • To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from. 

  • To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position. 

  • To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime. 

  • To pass without interference; to miss. 

  • To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game). 

  • To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out. 

  • To exceed a stated mark. 

  • To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of. 

  • To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal. 

  • To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open. 

  • To obtain a clearance. 

  • To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up. 

  • To earn a profit of; to net. 

  • To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track. 

  • To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent. 

  • To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to. 

  • To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero. 

  • Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred. 

adv
  • Not near something or touching it. 

  • All the way; entirely. 

  • Free (or separate) from others. 

  • In a clear manner; plainly. 

adj
  • Free of obstacles. 

  • Good, the best. 

  • Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood. 

  • Without clouds. 

  • Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots. 

  • Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds. 

  • Distinct, sharp, well-marked. 

  • Transparent in colour. 

  • Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus. 

  • Unmixed; entirely pure. 

  • Without diminution; in full; net. 

  • Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it. 

  • Better than, superior to. 

  • Easily or distinctly heard; audible. 

  • Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating. 

  • Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology). 

  • Without a thickening ingredient. 

  • Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful. 

  • Free of guilt, or suspicion. 

  • Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured. 

noun
  • A person who is free from the influence of engrams. 

  • The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game. 

  • Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls. 

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