clean
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/kleːn/
English
Definitions
noun
- Removal of dirt.“This place needs a clean.”
- The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
verb
- To remove dirt from a place or object.“Can you clean the windows today?”
- To tidy up, make a place neat.“Clean your room right now!”
- To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
- To make things clean in general.“She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.”
adjective
- (heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
- (heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
- Smooth, exact, and performed well“I’ll need a sharper knife to make clean cuts. a clean leap over a fence”
- Total; utter. (still in "clean sweep")
adverb
- Fully and completely.“He was stabbed clean through.”
Related words
Synonyms
cleanspotlessspecklessimmaculateunsoiledpristinepureunblemishedunobjectionableunstaineduncloudedclean-livingunspottedunusedunaddictedunarmedunqualified