clean
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Old English clǣne, from Germanic. Cognate with German klein ‘small’.
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clean (comparative cleaner, superlative cleanest)
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- Not dirty.
- Are these dishes clean?
- In a condition of having been cleaned.
- Your room is finally clean!
- In an unmarked condition.
- Put a clean sheet of paper into the printer.
- Pure, especially morally or religiously.
- Our kids can watch this movie because it is clean.
- Drug- and alcohol-free.
- I've been clean this time for eight months.
- Smooth, exact, and performed well.
- I’ll need a sharper knife to make clean cuts.
- Said of (criminal, driving..) records without restrictions or penalties, or someone having such a record.
- Unlike you, I’ve never caused any accidents — my record is still clean!
- (informal) Cool or neat.
- Damn, Shorty, those are some clean shoes ya got there!
- (aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
- (health) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
- I want to make sure my fiancé is clean before we are married.
- (informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
- I’m clean, officer. You can go ahead and search me if you want.
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not dirty
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in a condition of having been cleaned
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in an unmarked condition
pure, especially morally or religiously
smooth, exact, and performed well
slang: cool or neat
without restrictions or penalties
not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs
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clean (plural cleans)
- (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
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first part of "clean and jerk" weightlifting
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to 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.
- Can you clean the windows today?
- (transitive) To Tidy up, make a place neat.
- Clean your room right now!
- (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
- (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
- She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.
- (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.
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Terms derived from the verb "clean"
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(transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
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(transitive) to tidy up
(transitive) to remove equipment from climbing route
(intransitive) to make things clean
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clean (comparative cleaner, superlative cleanest)
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- Fully and completely.
- He was stabbed clean through.
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