clean

Meaning

Adj

1. Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
2. Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
3. Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.
4. Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.
5. (slang) Free of imperfections, blemishes, or defects.
6. Free of imperfections, blemishes, or defects.
7. Free of imperfections, blemishes, or defects.
8. Free of imperfections, blemishes, or defects.
9. Free of immorality or criminality.
10. Free of immorality or criminality.
11. Free of immorality or criminality.
12. (informal) Free of immorality or criminality.
13. (informal) Free of immorality or criminality.
14. Free of infiltration by covert listening or recording devices (bugs), enemy spies, etc.
15. Empty.
16. Smooth, exact, and performed well.
17. That does not damage the environment (as much as some alternative).
18. Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
19. Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position.
20. Well-proportioned; shapely.
21. (informal) Cool or neat.
22. Utter, complete, total; pure; free from restraint.

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. (in-plural) Clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams.

Verb

1. (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
2. (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
3. (transitive) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
4. (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
5. (transitive) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
6. (intransitive) 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. (transitive) To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.

Adv

Fully and completely.

Opposite of

dirty

Synonyms

pure

clear

wash

🧽

cleanse

purify

tidy

neat

make clean

spotless

wipe

sweep

fresh

purge

bright

chaste

holy

rinse

fair

cleanly

stainless

untainted

polish

🇵🇱

scour

purified

cleaned

transparent

brush

flawless

unblemished

dust

immaculate

good

👍

tidy up

white

scrub

unsoiled

rub

scavenge

clean up

net

undefiled

hygienic

clear away

unstained

sanitary

purity

unspotted

spick-and-span

honest

bathe

Translations

propre

nettoyer

limpio

sauber

limpiar

pulito

pur

pulire

rein

reinigen

putzen

schoon

limpo

limpar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kliːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: clene

Inherited from Old English: clǣne

Cognate with Scots: clean

Cognate with Northern Frisian: klien

Cognate with Dutch: klein

Cognate with Low German: kleen

Cognate with German: klein

Cognate with Swedish: klen

Cognate with Icelandic: klénn

In summary

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”), West Frisian klien (“small”), klean (“clean”), Dutch klein (“small”), Low German kleen (“small”), German klein (“small”), Swedish klen (“weak, feeble, delicate”), Icelandic klénn (“poor, feeble, petty, snug, puny, cheesy, lame”).

Sentences

" I can clean up those glasses in the window , if you want ," said the boy .

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

Thus , the oven remains " white ", or clean from ash .

I'll work all night , until dawn , and I'll clean every piece of crystal in your shop .