CLEAN

clean

(adjective) free of drugs; “after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years”

clean, neat

(adjective) 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”

clean

(adjective) not carrying concealed weapons

clean

(adjective) 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”

clean, unobjectionable

(adjective) (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers; “good clean fun”; “a clean joke”

clean, uncontaminating

(adjective) not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; “a clean fuel”; “cleaner and more efficient engines”; “the tactical bomb is reasonably clean”

clean

(adjective) ritually clean or pure

clean

(adjective) thorough and without qualification; “a clean getaway”; “a clean sweep”; “a clean break”

clean

(adjective) without difficulties or problems; “a clean test flight”

clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike

(adjective) exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; “a clean fight”; “a sporting solution of the disagreement”; “sportsmanlike conduct”

blank, clean, white

(adjective) (of a surface) not written or printed on; “blank pages”; “fill in the blank spaces”; “a clean page”; “wide white margins”

clean, fair

(adjective) (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; “fair copy”; “a clean manuscript”

clean, clean-living

(adjective) morally pure; “led a clean life”

clean

(adjective) (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense; “a clean voting record”; “a clean driver’s license”

clean, fresh

(adjective) free from impurities; “clean water”; “fresh air”

clean, clear, light, unclouded

(adjective) (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”

clean, clear

(adjective) free of restrictions or qualifications; “a clean bill of health”; “a clear winner”

uninfected, clean

(adjective) free from sepsis or infection; “a clean (or uninfected) wound”

clean, plumb, plum

(adverb) completely; used as intensifiers; “clean forgot the appointment”; “I’m plumb (or plum) tuckered out”

fairly, fair, clean

(adverb) in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; “they played fairly”

cleanse, clean

(verb) clean one’s body or parts thereof, as by washing; “clean up before you see your grandparents”; “clean your fingernails before dinner”

clean, pick

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

clean

(verb) remove shells or husks from; “clean grain before milling it”

scavenge, clean

(verb) remove unwanted substances from

clean

(verb) remove while making clean; “Clean the spots off the rug”

clean, make clean

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

houseclean, clean house, clean

(verb) clean and tidy up the house; “She housecleans every week”

clean, strip

(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”

clean

(verb) be cleanable; “This stove cleans easily”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

clean (comparative cleaner, superlative cleanest)

(heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.

Not dirty.

In an unmarked condition.

(aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.

empty

(of metal) Having relatively few impurities.

(heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.

Pure, especially morally or religiously.

Not having used drugs or alcohol.

(of criminal, driving, etc. records) Without restrictions or penalties, or someone having such a record.

(informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.

(informal) Devoid of profanity.

smooth, exact, and performed well

(obsolete) Total; utter. (still in "clean sweep")

(informal) Cool or neat.

(health) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

That does not damage the environment.

Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.

Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.

Well-proportioned; shapely.

(climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.

Synonyms

• (not dirty): Thesaurus:clean

Antonyms

• dirty

• unclean

Noun

clean (plural cleans)

Removal of dirt.

(weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.

Verb

clean (third-person singular simple present cleans, present participle cleaning, simple past and past participle cleaned)

(transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.

(transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.

(transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.

(intransitive) To make things clean in general.

(transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).

(intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.

(manga fandom) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.

To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.

Synonyms

• See also make clean

Adverb

clean (comparative cleaner, superlative cleanest)

Fully and completely.

Anagrams

• Calne, Lance, Lenca, ancle, clane, lance

Source: Wiktionary

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Clean, a. [Compar. Cleaner (; superl. Cleanest.] Etym: [OE. clene, AS. cl; akin to OHG. chleini pure, neat, graceful, small, G. klein small, and perh. to W. glan clean, pure, bright; all perh. from a primitive, meaning bright, shining. Cf. Glair.]

1. Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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

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

4. Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.

5. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire. When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of corners of thy field. Le

6. Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure. Create in me a clean heart, O God. Ps. li. 10 That I am whole, and clean, and meet for Heaven Tennyson.

7. (Script.)

Definition: Free from ceremonial defilement.

8. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy. "Lothair is clean." F. Harrison.

9. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs. A clean bill of health, a certificate from the proper authrity that a ship is free from infection.

– Clean breach. See under Breach, n., 4.

– To make a clean breast. See under Breast.

Clean, adv.

1. Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely. "Domestic broils clean overblown." Shak. "Clean contrary." Milton. All the people were passed clean over Jordan. Josh. iii. 17.

2. Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously. [Obs.] "Pope came off clean with Homer." Henley.

Clean, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaning.] Etym: [See Clean, a., and cf. Cleanse.]

Definition: To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse. To clean out, to exhaust; to empty; to get away from (one) all his money. [Colloq.] De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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