different between yar vs clear

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /j??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /j??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English ?aren, ?urren, ?eorren, from Old English ?eorran, ?irran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-Germanic *gerran? (“to creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?er- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble”), Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter”).

Alternative forms

• yarr

Verb

yar (third-person singular simple present yars, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)

1. (intransitive) To snarl; to gnar.
2. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

Adjective

yar (comparative more yar, superlative most yar)

1. (Britain dialectal) Sour; brackish.

Derived terms

• yarrish

Etymology 3

From Middle English yar, ?ar, variants of yare, ?are, from Old English ?earu (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

Alternative forms

• yare

Adjective

yar (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)

1. (nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
   • 1390 J. Gower, Confessio Amantis II. 237

     The wynd was good, the Schip was yare.

   • 1939, The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry

     My, she was yar...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot.

   • 1958, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library

     ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.

   • 1993 Captain McAllister, The Simpsons ep. 1F06

     Arr, here be a fine vessel: the yarest river-going boat there be.

Synonyms

• yare

Anagrams

• -ary, Ary, Ayr, RYA, Ray, ary, ayr, ra'y, ray, rya, ? ray, ?-ray

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ???? (yâr).

Noun

yar (definite accusative yar?, plural yarlar)

1. (poetic) beloved, sweetheart
2. (dated) friend
3. (dated) helper

Declension

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yar? (compare Welsh iâr).

Noun

yar f (plural yer)

1. hen

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yar? (compare Welsh iâr).

Noun

yar f (plural yer)

1. chicken, hen

Derived terms

Kalasha

Noun

yar

1. friend

Synonyms

• dus
• dust
• malgiri
• raphek
• yardus

Middle English

Determiner

yar

1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of þeir

Somali

Adjective

yar

1. small

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowed from German Jahr (“year”).

Noun

yar

1. year

   Synonym: yia

2. Pleiades
3. a kind of tree (Casuarina sp.) (clarification of this definition is needed)

References

• Murphy, John J. (1985) The Book of Pidgin English = Buk Bilong Tok Pisin, revised edition, Robert Brown & Associates, ?ISBN, page 110
• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008) Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, ?ISBN, page 123

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (yar, “precipice”), from Old Turkic y?r ("steep slope"), from Proto-Turkic *y?r (“precipice, steep bank”). More at ??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja?/

Noun

yar (definite accusative yar?, plural yarlar)

1. cliff, scarp, precipice

Declension

Synonyms

• uçurum

References

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja?/

Verb

yar

1. imperative of yarmak

Etymology 3

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (y?r, “friend, a beloved friend, one's lover”), from Persian ???? (yâr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja??/

Noun

yar (definite accusative yari, plural yarlar)

1. beloved; lover
2. friend

Declension

• Before consonantal endings, the stem vowel is pronounced short and the endings themselves have back vowels. In the accusative, dative, and genitive singular, the stem vowel is pronounced long and the endings accordingly take front vowels. The declension is thus irregular:

Singular: nom. yar — acc. yari — dat. yare — loc. yarda — abl. yardan — gen. yarin

Plural: nom. yarlar — acc. yarlar? — dat. yarlara — loc. yarlarda — abl. yarlardan — gen. yarlar?n

English

Alternative forms

• CLR (contraction used in electronics)

Etymology

From Middle English clere, from Anglo-Norman cler, from Old French cler (Modern French clair), from Latin clarus. Displaced native Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English sc?r (“clear, bright”)), Middle English skere (“clear, sheer”) (from Old English sc?re and Old Norse sk?r (“sheer, clear, pure”)), Middle English smolt (“clear (of mind), serene”) (from Old English smolt (“peaceful, serene”)). Cognate with Danish klar, Dutch klaar, French clair, German klar, Italian chiaro, Norwegian klar, Portuguese claro, Romanian clar, Spanish claro, and Swedish klar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kl??(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kl??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)

Adjective

clear (comparative clearer, superlative clearest)

1. Transparent in colour.

2. Bright, not dark or obscured.

3. Free of obstacles.
4. Without clouds.

   • Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

5. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
6. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
7. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.

   Synonym: conspicuous

8. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
9. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
10. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.

11. (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
    • 1971, Leonard Cohen, "Famous Blue Raincoat":

      Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair. She said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear. Did you ever go clear?

12. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
13. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.

    • with a countenance as clear / As friendship wears at feasts

14. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
    • c. 1708, Alexander Pope “Ode On St. Cecilia's Day”:

      Hark! the numbers, soft and clear / Gently steal upon the ear

15. Unmixed; entirely pure.

16. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
17. Without diminution; in full; net.
    • 1728, Jonathan Swift “Horace, Lib. 2, Sat. 6”:

      I often wished that I had clear / For life, six hundred pounds a year

Synonyms

• (transparency): pellucid, transparent; See also Thesaurus:transparent
• (free of ambiguity or doubt): See also Thesaurus:comprehensible of Thesaurus:explicit
• (distinct): See also Thesaurus:distinct
• (easily or distinctly heard): See also Thesaurus:audible
• (unmixed): homogeneous

Antonyms

• (transparency): opaque, turbid
• (bright): See also Thesaurus:dark
• (without clouds): cloudy, nebulous; See also Thesaurus:nebulous
• (free of ambiguity or doubt): See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible and Thesaurus:confusing
• (of a soup): thick
• obscure

Hyponyms

• crystal clear

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adverb

clear (not comparable)

1. All the way; entirely.

   I threw it clear across the river to the other side.

2. Not near something or touching it.

   Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming.

3. free (or separate) from others
4. (obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.

Translations

Verb

clear (third-person singular simple present clears, present participle clearing, simple past and past participle cleared)

1. (transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.

   Police took two hours to clear the road.

   If you clear the table, I'll wash up.

   • “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].

   • 1715–8, Matthew Prior, “Alma: or, The Progre?s of the Mind” in Poems on Several Occa?ions (1741), canto III, p.297:

     Faith, Dick, I mu?t confe?s, ?tis true // (But this is only Entre Nous) // That many knotty Points there are, // Which All di?cu?s, but Few can clear.
2. (transitive) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.

   Please clear all this stuff off the table.

   The loggers came and cleared the trees.

   • 1711 November 6, Joseph Addison, The Spectator No. 215:

     […] Aristotle has brought to explain his Doctrine of Substantial Forms, when he tells us that a Statue lies hid in a Block of Marble; and that the Art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous Matter, and removes the Rubbish.

3. (intransitive) To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
4. (intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.

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

6. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
   • 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, a Tragedy, Act III, scene v:

     How! Wouldst thou clear rebellion?

7. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.

8. (transitive, activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.

9. (transitive, video games) To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).

   I cleared the first level in 36 seconds.

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

11. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
12. (transitive) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.

13. (transitive) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.

14. (intransitive) To obtain a clearance.

15. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
16. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
    • 1613, Francis Bacon, The E??aies (second edition), essay 18: “Of Expences”:

      Be?ides, he that cleares at once will relap?e: for finding him?elfe out of ?traights, he will reuert to his cu?tomes. But hee that cleareth by degrees, induceth an habite of frugality, and gaineth as well vpon his minde, as vpon his E?tate.

17. (transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
18. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.

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

Synonyms

• (clear a forest): stub

Derived terms

• clear away
• clear off
• clear out
• clear up
• clearance
• clearing

Translations

Noun

clear (plural clears)

1. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.

   a room ten feet square in the clear

2. (video games) The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.

   It took me weeks to achieve a one-credit clear (1CC).

3. (Scientology) A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
   • 1985, Rodney Stark, William Sims Bainbridge, The Future of Religion (page 269)

     Today, clear status can be conferred only by high ranking ministers of the church, and clears are not presented for examination by outsiders.

References

• clear at OneLook Dictionary Search
• clear in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• 'clare, Carle, Clare, carle, lacer, recal