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Meaning of 'clean'

Meaning of 'clean' (Webster Dictionary)

1. Clean   [ a.]
- To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.
2. Clean   [ adv.]
- Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely.
- Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously.
3. Clean   [ superl.]
- Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.
- Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.
- Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence.
- Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.
- Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
- Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.
- Free from ceremonial defilement.
- Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy.
- Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.

Meaning of 'clean' (Princeton's WordNet)

1. clean   [ v]
Meaning (1):
- remove shells or husks from
Example in sentence:
  • clean grain before milling it
Meaning (2):
- remove while making clean
Example in sentence:
  • Clean the spots off the rug
Meaning (3):
- make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
Example in sentence:
  • Clean the stove!;
  • The dentist cleaned my teeth
Meaning (4):
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
Example in sentence:
  • Clean the turkey
Meaning (5):
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
Example in sentence:
  • clean up before you see your grandparents;
  • clean your fingernails before dinner
Meaning (6):
- clean and tidy up the house
Example in sentence:
  • She housecleans every week
Meaning (7):
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
Example in sentence:
  • The boys cleaned the sandwich platters;
  • The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm
Meaning (8):
- deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
Example in sentence:
  • The other players cleaned him completely
Meaning (9):
- be cleanable
Example in sentence:
  • This stove cleans easily
2. clean   [ a]
Meaning (10):
- not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
Example in sentence:
  • a clean fuel;
  • cleaner and more efficient engines;
  • the tactical bomb is reasonably clean
Meaning (11):
- free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
Example in sentence:
  • a spotlessly clean house;
  • cats are clean animals;
  • children with clean shining faces;
  • clean dishes;
  • clean white shirts
Meaning (12):
- (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
Example in sentence:
  • a clean joke;
  • good clean fun
3. clean   [ r]
Meaning (13):
- completely; used as intensifiers
Example in sentence:
  • clean forgot the appointment;
  • I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out
Meaning (14):
- in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
Example in sentence:
  • they played fairly
4. clean   [ s]
Meaning (15):
- free from sepsis or infection
Example in sentence:
  • a clean (or uninfected) wound
Meaning (16):
- free of restrictions or qualifications
Example in sentence:
  • a clean bill of health;
  • a clear winner
Meaning (17):
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
Example in sentence:
  • a clean fight;
  • a sporting solution of the disagreement;
  • sportsmanlike conduct
Meaning (18):
- thorough and without qualification
Example in sentence:
  • a clean break;
  • a clean getaway;
  • a clean sweep
Meaning (19):
- without difficulties or problems
Example in sentence:
  • a clean test flight
Meaning (20):
- (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
Example in sentence:
  • a clean driver's license;
  • a clean voting record
Meaning (21):
- free of drugs
Example in sentence:
  • after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years
Meaning (22):
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
Example in sentence:
  • a clean page;
  • blank pages;
  • fill in the blank spaces;
  • wide white margins
Meaning (23):
- free from impurities
Example in sentence:
  • clean water;
  • fresh air
Meaning (24):
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
Example in sentence:
  • a light lilting voice like a silver bell;
  • clear laughter like a waterfall;
  • clear reds and blues;
  • efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings
Meaning (25):
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
Example in sentence:
  • a clean manuscript;
  • fair copy
Meaning (26):
- free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
Example in sentence:
  • a clean throw;
  • he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek;
  • the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife
Meaning (27):
- morally pure
Example in sentence:
  • led a clean life

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