land clearing
11clearing — land cleared of wood, 1670s, from noun use of prp. of CLEAR (Cf. clear) …
12clearing — [klir′iŋ] n. 1. a making clear or being cleared ☆ 2. an area of land cleared of trees 3. Banking a) the exchanging of checks, etc. and balancing of accounts between banks b) the procedure for doing this c) [pl.] the amount of the balances thus… …
13clearing sale — noun (Aust) The sale of moveable property and stock from a farm or similar property, esp following the sale of the land and buildings • • • Main Entry: ↑clear …
14Land mine — For other uses, see Land mine (disambiguation). Minefield redirects here. For other uses, see Minefield (disambiguation). Examples of anti personnel mines. From left to right: an M14, Valmara 69 (a bounding mine), and VS 50 …
15clearing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. opening, break. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of clearing] Syn. freeing, riddance, clearance, removal, removing, elimination, eradication, deforestation, defoliation, opening up, freeing from… …
16Clearing — Clear Clear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clearing}.] 1. To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds. [1913 Webster] He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To free from… …
17land reform — any program, esp. when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * Deliberate change in the way agricultural land is held or owned, the methods of its… …
18Land grants in the Swan River Colony — The Swan River Colony, established in June 1829, was the only British colony in Australia established on the basis of land grants to settlers. Under the conditions stipulated by the Colonial Office, settlers would be granted land in proportion to …
19land — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 surface of the earth ADJECTIVE ▪ dry ▪ It was good to be on dry land again after months at sea. VERB + LAND ▪ reach ▪ The explorers reached land after a long voyage …
20Land mine situation in Nagorno Karabakh — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Landmines in Nagorno Karabakh caption= HALO deminers clearing anti tank mines date=1991–1994 place=Nagorno Karabakh, Armenia, and Azerbaijan result=Thousands of mines laid by both sides. Till present mines still …
