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Sounds | kliy'n |
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Rhymes | Aberdeen, Abilene, acetylcholine, and 182 more rhymes in iyn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Free from dirt or impurities. Or having clean habits. |
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Examples | "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals" |
Attribute of | cleanness |
Similar | cleanable; cleaned, cleansed; cleanly; dry-cleaned; fresh, unused; immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-span, spic, spick, spotless; pristine; scrubbed; unsoiled, unspotted, unstained; unsullied; washed, water-washed |
See also | clean; antiseptic; tidy |
Contrary | dirty, soiled, unclean |
Meaning | Free of restrictions or qualifications. |
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Examples | "a clean bill of health" |
Synonyms | clear |
Similar to | unqualified |
Meaning | (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims. |
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Examples | "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings" |
Synonyms | clear, light, unclouded |
Similar to | pure |
Meaning | Free from impurities. |
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Examples | "clean water" |
Synonyms | fresh |
Similar to | pure |
Meaning | Without difficulties or problems. |
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Examples | "a clean test flight" |
Similar to | perfect |
Meaning | Ritually clean or pure. |
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Category | religion, faith, religious belief |
Similar | halal; kosher, cosher |
See also | clean; pure |
Contrary | unclean, impure |
Meaning | Not spreading pollution or contamination. Especially radioactive contamination. |
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Examples | "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean" |
Synonyms | uncontaminating |
Contrary | dirty, contaminating |
Meaning | (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements. Fit for all observers. |
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Examples | "good clean fun"; "a clean joke" |
Synonyms | unobjectionable |
Similar | antiseptic |
See also | decent |
Contrary | dirty |
Meaning | Free from sepsis or infection. |
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Examples | "a clean (or uninfected) wound" |
Synonyms | uninfected |
Similar to | antiseptic |
Meaning | Morally pure. |
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Examples | "led a clean life" |
Synonyms | clean-living |
Similar to | moral |
Meaning | (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections. |
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Examples | "a clean manuscript" |
Synonyms | fair |
Similar to | legible |
Meaning | Of a surface. Not written or printed on. |
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Examples | "a clean page" |
Synonyms | blank, white |
Similar to | empty |
Meaning | Marked by or calling for sportsmanship or fair play. |
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Examples | "a clean fight" |
Synonyms | sporting, sportsmanlike |
Similar to | fair, just |
Meaning | Thorough and without qualification. |
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Examples | "a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break" |
Similar to | complete |
Meaning | (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense. |
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Examples | "a clean voting recor"; "a clean driver's license" |
Similar to | unblemished |
Meaning | Not carrying concealed weapons. |
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Similar to | unarmed |
Meaning | Free from clumsiness. Precisely or deftly executed. |
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Examples | "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw" |
Synonyms | neat |
Similar to | adroit |
Adverbs | cleanly |
Meaning | Free of drugs. |
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Examples | "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years" |
Similar to | unaddicted |
Meaning | A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead. |
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Synonyms | clean and jerk |
Broader | weightlifting |
Meaning | Completely. Used as intensifiers. |
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Examples | "clean forgot the appointment" |
Synonyms | plumb, plum |
Usage | cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular |
Meaning | In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating. |
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Synonyms | fairly, fair |
Contrary | unfairly, below the belt |
Meaning | Make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | They clean the cape |
Examples | "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth" |
Synonyms | make clean |
Narrower | disinfect; brush; dust; vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover; sanitize, sanitise, hygienize, hygienise; bream; steam, steam clean; preen, plume; sweep; wash up, do the dishes; pipe-clay; scavenge; dry clean; wash, launder |
Broader | change, alter, modify |
Contrary | dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire |
Similar to | houseclean, clean house, clean; clean |
Nouns | cleaner; cleaner; cleaning; cleaner |
Meaning | Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "Clean the turkey" |
Synonyms | pick |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
Meaning | Clean and tidy up the house. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "She housecleans every week" |
Synonyms | houseclean, clean house |
Narrower | spring-clean |
Broader | tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away |
Similar to | clean; clean, make clean |
Nouns | cleaner; cleaning |
Meaning | Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Model | They clean themselves |
Examples | "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner" |
Synonyms | cleanse |
Narrower | bathe; wash; wash, lave; soap, lather; bathe, bath; douche; floss; decontaminate |
Broader | groom, neaten |
Nouns | cleaning |
Meaning | Be cleanable. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "This stove cleans easily" |
Broader | be |
Similar to | clean, make clean |
Nouns | cleaning |
Meaning | Deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "The other players cleaned him completely" |
Broader | deprive, strip, divest |
Meaning | Remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody of something; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm" |
Synonyms | strip |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
Meaning | Remove while making clean. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
Model | They clean the snow from the path |
Examples | "Clean the spots off the rug" |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
Similar to | houseclean, clean house, clean |
Nouns | cleaning |
Meaning | Remove unwanted substances from. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | scavenge |
Category | chemistry, chemical science |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
Nouns | cleaning |
Meaning | Remove shells or husks from. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | The chefs clean the vegetables |
Examples | "clean grain before milling it" |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |