Definition of clean

adjective (a)

• free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits (adj.all)

  Antonym: dirty, soiled, unclean
  

  Example:
  Children with clean shining faces.
  Clean white shirts.
  Clean dishes.
  A spotlessly clean house.
  Cats are clean animals.
  

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• ritually clean or pure (adj.all)

  Antonym: impure, unclean
  

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• not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination (adj.all)

  Synonym: uncontaminating
  Antonym: contaminating, dirty
  

  Example:
  A clean fuel.
  Cleaner and more efficient engines.
  The tactical bomb is reasonably clean.
  

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• (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers (adj.all)

  Synonym: unobjectionable
  Antonym: dirty
  

  Example:
  Good clean fun.
  A clean joke.
  

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• Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead (noun.act)

  Synonym: clean and jerk
  

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adverb (r)

• completely; used as intensifiers (adv.all)

  Synonym: plum, plumb
  

  Example:
  Clean forgot the appointment.
  

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• in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating (adv.all)

  Synonym: fair, fairly
  Antonym: below the belt, unfairly
  

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• Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely. (adverb)

  source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

• free of restrictions or qualifications (adj.all)

  Synonym: clear
  

  Example:
  A clean bill of health.
  

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• (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims (adj.all)

  Synonym: clear, light, unclouded
  

  Example:
  Efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings.
  

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• free from impurities (adj.all)

  Synonym: fresh
  

  Example:
  Clean water.
  

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• (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense (adj.all)

  Example:
  A clean voting record.
  A clean driver's license.
  

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• free from sepsis or infection (adj.all)

  Synonym: uninfected
  

  Example:
  A clean (or uninfected) wound.
  

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• morally pure (adj.all)

  Synonym: clean-living
  

  Example:
  Led a clean life.
  

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• (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections (adj.all)

  Synonym: fair
  

  Example:
  A clean manuscript.
  

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• (of a surface) not written or printed on (adj.all)

  Synonym: blank, white
  

  Example:
  A clean page.
  

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• exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play (adj.all)

  Synonym: sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty
  

  Example:
  A clean fight.
  

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• without difficulties or problems (adj.all)

  Example:
  A clean test flight.
  

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• thorough and without qualification (adj.all)

  Example:
  A clean getaway.
  A clean sweep.
  A clean break.
  

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• not carrying concealed weapons (adj.all)

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• free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed (adj.all)

  Synonym: neat
  

  Example:
  He landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek.
  A clean throw.
  

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• free of drugs (adj.all)

  Example:
  After a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years.
  

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verb (v)

• make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from (verb.contact)

  Synonym: make clean
  Antonym: begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil
  

  Example:
  Clean the stove!.
  The dentist cleaned my teeth.
  

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• remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits (verb.change)

  Synonym: pick
  

  Example:
  Clean the turkey.
  

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• clean and tidy up the house (verb.contact)

  Synonym: clean house, houseclean
  

  Example:
  She housecleans every week.
  

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• clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing (verb.body)

  Synonym: cleanse
  

  Example:
  Clean up before you see your grandparents.
  Clean your fingernails before dinner.
  

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• be cleanable (verb.stative)

  Example:
  This stove cleans easily.
  

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• deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc. (verb.contact)

  Example:
  The other players cleaned him completely.
  

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• remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely (verb.contact)

  Synonym: strip
  

  Example:
  The boys cleaned the sandwich platters.
  The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm.
  

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• remove while making clean (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Clean the spots off the rug.
  

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• remove unwanted substances from (verb.change)

  Synonym: scavenge
  

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• remove shells or husks from (verb.change)

  Example:
  Clean grain before milling it.
  

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• To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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