clean
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English clene, clane, from Old English clǣne (“clean, pure, chaste, innocent, unencumbered, unfettered, hallowed, clear, open, honorable, true, acute, sagacious, intellectual”), from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *g(e)lēi- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognate with Scots clean (“absolute, pure, clear, empty”) and clene, clane (“clean”), North Frisian klien (“small”), Dutch klein (“small”), Low German kleen (“small”), German klein (“small”), Swedish klen (“weak, feeble, delicate”), Icelandic klénn (“poor, feeble, petty, snug, puny, cheesy, lame”). Displaced Old English sȳfre (“clean, sober”), hlūtor (“pure, clear, clean, bright”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
clean (comparative cleaner, superlative cleanest)
- Not dirty.
- Are these dishes clean?
- 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.
- Not having used drugs or alcohol.
- I've been clean this time for eight months.
- Smooth, exact, and performed well.
- I’ll need a sharper knife to make clean cuts.
- (of criminal, driving, etc 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.
- Empty.
- The cargo hold is clean.
- Mister, I want to see a clean dinner plate or there'll be no dessert for you.
- (of metal) Having relatively few impurities.
- clean steel
Synonyms [edit]
- (not dirty): Wikisaurus:clean
- (empty): Wikisaurus:empty
Antonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Derived terms
Translations [edit]
not dirty
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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
empty — see empty
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Noun [edit]
clean (plural cleans)
- Removal of dirt.
- This place needs a clean.
- (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
Translations [edit]
first part of "clean and jerk" weightlifting
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Verb [edit]
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.
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:make clean
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from the verb "clean"
Translations [edit]
(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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Adverb [edit]
clean (comparative cleaner, superlative cleanest)
- Fully and completely.
- He was stabbed clean through.
- You must be clean mad.
Translations [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Manx [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Irish clíabán.
Noun [edit]
clean m (genitive clean, plural cleanyn)
Mutation [edit]
| Manx mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| clean | chlean | glean |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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