clean

Significat

Adj

1. Free of dirt or impurities.
2. Free of dirt or impurities.
3. Free of dirt or impurities.
4. Free of dirt or impurities.
5. Free of dirt or impurities.
6. Free of dirt or impurities.
7. Free of immorality or criminality.
8. Free of immorality or criminality.
9. Free of immorality or criminality.
10. (informal) Free of immorality or criminality.
11. (informal) Free of immorality or criminality.
12. Smooth, exact, and performed well.
13. (obsolete) Total; utter. (still in "clean sweep")
14. (informal) Cool or neat.
15. Free of infection or disease.
16. Free of infection or disease.
17. That does not damage the environment.
18. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
19. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
20. Well-proportioned; shapely.
21. Ascended without falling.
22. (slang) Of a victory or performance: without any submission holds, disqualification, interference, etc.

Noun

1. Removal of dirt.
2. The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
3. Clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams.

Verb

1. To remove dirt from a place or object.
2. To tidy up, make a place neat.
3. To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
4. To make things clean in general.
5. To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
6. 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.
7. (slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
8. Synonym of clean up
9. To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.

Adv

Fully and completely.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kliːn/

Etimologia

From Middle English clene, clane, from Old English clǣne (“clean, pure”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *glēy- (“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”).

Sents

Taking the jacket out , he began to clean the glasses .