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English Dictionary: clear-cut by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clear-cut
adj
  1. clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"
    Synonym(s): clear-cut, distinct, trenchant
  2. having had all the trees removed at one time; "clear-cut hillsides are subject to erosion"
  3. clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible; "as clear as a whistle"; "clear footprints in the snow"; "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather"; "a spire clean-cut against the sky"; "a clear-cut pattern"
    Synonym(s): clear, clean-cut, clear-cut
v
  1. remove all the trees at one time; "clear-cut an acre of forest"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clear-cut \Clear"-cut`\, a.
      1. Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo.
  
                     She has . . . a cold and clear-cut face. --Tennyson.
  
      2. Concisely and distinctly expressed.
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