Clean

[kliːn] or [klin]

Definition

(verb.) remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; 'Clean the turkey'.

(verb.) remove shells or husks from; 'clean grain before milling it'.

(verb.) remove while making clean; 'Clean the spots off the rug'.

(verb.) make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; 'Clean the stove!'; 'The dentist cleaned my teeth'.

(verb.) remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; 'The boys cleaned the sandwich platters'; 'The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm'.

(verb.) be cleanable; 'This stove cleans easily'.

(verb.) deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.; 'The other players cleaned him completely'.

(adj.) free of drugs; 'after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years' .

(adj.) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; 'he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek'; 'a clean throw'; 'the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife' .

(adj.) not carrying concealed weapons .

(adj.) free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; 'children with clean shining faces'; 'clean white shirts'; 'clean dishes'; 'a spotlessly clean house'; 'cats are clean animals' .

(adj.) (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers; 'good clean fun'; 'a clean joke' .

(adj.) not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; 'a clean fuel'; 'cleaner and more efficient engines'; 'the tactical bomb is reasonably clean' .

(adj.) ritually clean or pure .

(adj.) thorough and without qualification; 'a clean getaway'; 'a clean sweep'; 'a clean break' .

(adj.) without difficulties or problems; 'a clean test flight' .

(adj.) exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; 'a clean fight'; 'a sporting solution of the disagreement'; 'sportsmanlike conduct' .

(adj.) (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; 'fair copy'; 'a clean manuscript' .

(adj.) morally pure; 'led a clean life' .

(adj.) (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense; 'a clean voting record'; 'a clean driver's license' .

(adj.) free from impurities; 'clean water'; 'fresh air' .

(adj.) (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; 'efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings'; 'clear laughter like a waterfall'; 'clear reds and blues'; 'a light lilting voice like a silver bell' .

(adj.) free of restrictions or qualifications; 'a clean bill of health'; 'a clear winner' .

(adv.) completely; used as intensifiers; 'clean forgot the appointment'; 'I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out'.

Editor: Tod--From WordNet

Definition

(superl.) Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

(superl.) Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.

(superl.) Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence.

(superl.) Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.

(superl.) Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.

(superl.) Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.

(superl.) Free from ceremonial defilement.

(superl.) Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy.

(superl.) Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.

(adv.) Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely.

(adv.) Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously.

(a.) To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.

Checked by Leon

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Unstained, unspotted, spotless, unsoiled, unsullied, immaculate, cleanly, neat.[2]. Entire, complete, perfect, not defective.[3]. Pure, innocent, free from moral impurity.

ad. Entirely, completely, perfectly, altogether, wholly, thoroughly, fully, in air respects, in every respect, out and out.

v. a. Cleanse, purify, make clean, free from dirt.

Typist: Maura

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Clarify, disencumber, disentangle, disembarrass, vindicate, liberate, set_free,release, exonerate, exculpate, justify, retrieve, acquit, absolve, whitewash,extricate, eliminate

ANT:Befoul, contaminate, pollute, clog, encumber, embarrass, involve, implicate

SYN:Pure, neat, cleanly, clear, purified, cleansed, untarnished, spotless,unclogged, upright

ANT:Impure, untidy, dirty, entangled, hampered, unclean

SYN:Purify, clarify

ANT:Pollute, befoul, bespatter, defile

Typed by Dominic

Definition

adj. free from dirt stain or whatever defiles: pure: guiltless: neat: complete.—adv. quite: entirely: cleverly.—v.t. to make clean or free from dirt.—ns. Clean′or that which cleans; Clean′ing the act of making clean.—adj. Clean′-limbed having well-proportioned limbs: smart.—n. Clean′liness.—adj. Clean′ly clean in habits or person: pure: neat.—adv. in a cleanly manner.—n. Clean′ness.—adj. Clean′-tim′bered (Shak.) well-proportioned.—Clean bill of health (see Bill of health).—Have clean hands to be free from the guilt of wrong-doing.—Make a clean breast of to own up frankly to confess fully; Show a clean pair of heels to escape by running.—The clean thing the right thing to do.

Edited by Ingram

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Inputed by Annie

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