clean
Adjective
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also:
- antiseptic - thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
- tidy - marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits
tells us about: cleanness - the state of being clean; without dirt or other impuritiessimilar to:- cleanable - capable of being cleaned
- cleanly - habitually clean
- dry-cleaned - cleaned with chemical solvents
- fresh, unused - not yet used or soiled
- immaculate, speckless, spic, spic-and-span, spick, spick-and-span, spotless - completely neat and clean
- pristine - immaculately clean and unused
- scrubbed - made clean by scrubbing
- unsoiled, unspotted, unstained - without soil or spot or stain
- unsullied - spotlessly clean and fresh
- washed, water-washed - clean by virtue of having been washed in water
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similar to: unqualified - not limited or restrictedsame as: clear
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similar to: pure - free of extraneous elements of any kind
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similar to: pure - free of extraneous elements of any kindsame as: fresh
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similar to: perfect - being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
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also:referred to in: faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
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same as: uncontaminating
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also: decent - conforming to conventions of sexual behaviorsimilar to: antiseptic - devoid of objectionable languagesame as: unobjectionable
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similar to: antiseptic - thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organismssame as: uninfected
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similar to: moral - concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principlessame as: clean-living
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similar to: legible - (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or decipheredsame as: fair
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similar to: empty - holding or containing nothing
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similar to: easy - posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
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similar to: complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step
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similar to: unarmed - (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms
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similar to: adroit - quick or skillful or adept in action or thoughtsame as: neat
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similar to: unaddicted - not addicted
Noun
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is a type of: weightlift, weightlifting - bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weightshas: jerk - raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the armssame as: clean and jerk
Adverb
Verb
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subtypes:
- disinfect - destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
- brush - clean with a brush
- dust - remove the dust from
- hoover, vacuum, vacuum-clean - clean with a vacuum cleaner
- hygienise, hygienize, sanitise, sanitize - make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing
- bream - clean (a ship's bottom) with heat
- steam, steam clean - clean by means of steaming
- plume, preen - clean with one's bill
- sweep - clean by sweeping
- do the dishes, wash up - wash dishes
- pipe-clay - whiten or clean with pipe-clay
- scavenge - clean refuse from
- dry clean - clean with chemical agents
- launder, wash - cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
same as: make cleanverb group:- clean, clean house, houseclean - clean and tidy up the house
- clean - be cleanable
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is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstractsame as: pick
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is a type of: clean up, neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up - put (things or places) in ordersubtypes:
- g.i., gi - clean in preparation for inspection
- spring-clean - thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year
same as: clean house, housecleanverb group:- clean - remove while making clean
- clean, make clean - make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
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subtypes:
- bathe - cleanse the entire body
- wash - to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
- lave, wash - cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- lather, soap - rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
- douche - direct a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning
- floss - use dental floss to clean
- decontaminate - rid of contamination
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is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)verb group: clean, make clean - make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
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is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstractsame as: strip
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referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactionsis a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstractsame as: scavenge
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