Meaning of clear-cut

(adj) 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"

having had all the trees removed at one time; "clear-cut hillsides are subject to erosion"

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"

(verb) remove all the trees at one time; "clear-cut an acre of forest"