clean

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

propre

nettoyer

pur

net

purifier

laver

poutzer

impeccable

clair

balayer

monder

blanc

curer

propreté

très propre

essuyer

dépouiller

faire le ménage

de goût net

de nez droit

droit

aseptique

chaste

limpide

astiquer

décrasser

déterger

lessiver

nettoyage

ravaler

récurer

cristallin

transparent

évident

essorer

rincer

éclaircir

trop

très

énormément

prendre soin de

affinier

toiletter

torcher

méticuleux

être

très pur

pure

propres

sarcler

abstinent

ranger

prune

prunier

épaulé-jeté

fair-play

frais

lumière

purger

raffiner

affiner

débarbouiller

déblayer

épousseter

au net

peler

éplucher

démanteler

démonter

enlever

retirer

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kliːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).

Phrases

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

Sortant la veste, il a commencé à nettoyer les verres.