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
Examples
- The girl had a little parlour to sit in, away from the noise of the taproom, and a clean bedchamber at the top of the house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Being delivered into the charge of the ma?tresse, I was led through a long narrow passage into a foreign kitchen, very clean but very strange. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A clean plate of glass is coated with collodion sensitized with iodides of potassium, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- An inking roller, charged with an oily ink, is then passed over the stone and inks the drawing, but leaves all the other parts of the stone quite clean. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- An acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In connection with the cards, combers and strippers are used to assist in further cleaning and straightening the fibre, which is finally removed from the cards and the combs by the doffer. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Oliver knew this too well; but thinking it might be dangerous to express his feelings more openly, he only sighed, and went on with his boot-cleaning. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I'm a-cleaning the upstairs back room, miss, replies Charley. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- After that exhibition we had a house-cleaning at the laboratory, and the metallic-filament lamps were stored away, while preparations were made for our experiments on carbon lamps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The cleaning away of submarine ledges in harbours, such as the great work at Hell Gate in the harbour of New York, has thus been effected. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I cleaned them all with the pullthrough. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The grey pavement had been cleaned and scraped, but was still dangerously slippery, so that there were fewer passengers than usual. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The finest and palest oil is made from fresh and carefully cleaned liver, the oil being extracted either in the cold or by a gentle heat. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The rooms are light, thoroughly ventilated, and cleaned at the end of each day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They taught also how the gas should be distilled, condensed, cleaned, scrubbed, confined in retorts, and its flow measured and controlled. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But since last night and this afternoon his mind was much clearer and cleaner on that business. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This type of vacuum cleaner, which is reasonable in price, is made of steel and finished in very highly polished nickel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But men will not hate so much, fear so much, nor cheat so desperately--and they will keep their minds and bodies cleaner. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Well, you _are_ a nice young 'ooman for a musical party, you are,' said the boot-cleaner. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I feel so much cleaner, Catherine said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- How young Woolwich cleans the drum-sticks without being of ostrich descent, his anxious mother is at a loss to understand. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sometimes one of the women, and sometimes another, cleans me of my grease. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But see here--if that's the case, it cleans you out altogether? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Nevertheless, billiards today throughout the land is ranked among the highest and cleanest forms of recreation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nature had given them no inconsiderable share of beauty, and every Sunday dressed them in their cleanest skins and best attire. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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