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Definition of 'CLEAN'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) clean
free from dirt; not soiled or stained:
a clean dress.

2.  clean
free from foreign or extraneous matter; pure:
clean sound.

3.  clean
free from pollution or pollutants:
clean air; clean energy.

4.  clean
characterized by a fresh, wholesome quality.

5.  clean
having few or no corrections; easily readable:
The printer submitted clean proofs.

6.  clean
free from roughness or irregularity:
He made a clean cut with a razor.

7.  clean
not ornate; gracefully spare; trim:
the clean lines of a ship.

8.  clean
complete; unqualified:
a clean break with tradition.

9.  clean
morally pure; innocent; honorable:
to lead a clean life.

10.  clean
showing good sportsmanship; fair:
a clean fighter.

11.  clean
inoffensive in language or content; without obscenity.

12.  clean
(of a document, record, etc.) bearing no marks of discreditable or unlawful conduct; listing no offenses.

13.  clean
Slang.

14.  clean
innocent of any crime.

15.  clean
not having a criminal record.

16.  clean
carrying or containing no evidence of unlawful activity or intent.

17.  clean
not using narcotics.

18.  clean
not radioactive.

19.  clean
(of a nuclear weapon) producing little or no radioactive fallout.

20.  clean
(of a document or financial instrument) free from qualifications or restrictions:
a clean bill of lading.

21.  clean
free from defects or flaws:
a clean diamond.

22.  clean
free from encumbrances or obstructions.

23.  clean
made without any difficulty or interference:
a clean getaway.

24.  clean
having no blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ritual law.

25.  clean
dexterously performed:
a clean serve in tennis.

26.  clean
Slang. without money or funds.

27. (adv.) clean
in a clean manner; cleanly.

28.  clean
so as to be clean:
This shirt will never wash clean.

29.  clean
Informal. wholly; completely; quite:
The bullet passed clean through the wall.

30. (v.t.) clean
to make clean or clear.

31.  clean
to dry-clean.

32.  clean
to remove the entrails and other inedible parts from (poultry, fish, etc.); dress.

33.  clean
Slang. to take away or win all or almost all the money or possessions of:
That last bet cleaned me out.

34. (v.i.) clean
to perform or undergo a process of cleaning.

35.  clean
clean out,

36.  clean
to empty in order to clean.

37.  clean
to empty; deplete; evacuate.

38.  clean
clean up,

39.  clean
to wash or tidy up.

40.  clean
to rid of undesirable persons or features.

41.  clean
to make a large profit.

Definition of 'CLEAN'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) clean and jerk, clean
a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead

2. (adj) clean
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
"children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"

3. (adj) clean, clear
free of restrictions or qualifications
"a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner"

4. (adj) clean, clear, light, unclouded
(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
"efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"

5. (adj) clean, fresh
free from impurities
"clean water"; "fresh air"

6. (adj) clean
(of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
"a clean voting record"; "a clean driver's license"

7. (adj) clean
ritually clean or pure

8. (adj) clean, uncontaminating
not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
"a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean"

9. (adj) clean, unobjectionable
(of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
"good clean fun"; "a clean joke"

10. (adj) uninfected, clean
free from sepsis or infection
"a clean (or uninfected) wound"

11. (adj) clean, clean-living
morally pure
"led a clean life"

12. (adj) clean, fair
(of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
"fair copy"; "a clean manuscript"

13. (adj) blank, clean, white
(of a surface) not written or printed on
"blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"

14. (adj) clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike
exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
"a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct"

15. (adj) clean
without difficulties or problems
"a clean test flight"

16. (adj) clean
thorough and without qualification
"a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break"

17. (adj) clean
not carrying concealed weapons

18. (adj) clean, neat
free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
"he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"

19. (verb) clean
free of drugs
"after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years"

20. (verb) clean, make clean
make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
"Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"

21. (verb) clean, pick
remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
"Clean the turkey"

22. (verb) houseclean, clean house, clean
clean and tidy up the house
"She housecleans every week"

23. (verb) cleanse, clean
clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
"clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"

24. (verb) clean
be cleanable
"This stove cleans easily"

25. (verb) clean
deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
"The other players cleaned him completely"

26. (verb) clean, strip
remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
"The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"

27. (verb) clean
remove while making clean
"Clean the spots off the rug"

28. (verb) scavenge, clean
remove unwanted substances from

29. (adverb) clean
remove shells or husks from
"clean grain before milling it"

30. (adverb) clean, plumb, plum
completely; used as intensifiers
"clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"

31. (adverb) fairly, fair, clean
in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
"they played fairly"

Definition of 'CLEAN'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) clean
not dirty
a clean shirt; clean water; Wipe your hands clean.; We're trying to keep the house clean.

2. clean
not connected to or involving illegal activities
a clean police record

3. clean
not using bad or sexually explicit language
clean jokes

4. (verb) clean
to remove dirt from
to clean the house; I hate cleaning.

5. (noun) clean
the act of cleaning
to give these shoes a clean

Definition of 'CLEAN'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) CLEAN
to render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse

2. (adverb) CLEAN
without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely

3. (adverb) CLEAN
without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously

4.  CLEAN
free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes

5.  CLEAN
free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber

6.  CLEAN
free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence

7.  CLEAN
free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style

8.  CLEAN
free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire

9.  CLEAN
free from moral defilement; sinless; pure

10.  CLEAN
free from ceremonial defilement

11.  CLEAN
free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy

12.  CLEAN
well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs

Definitions of 'CLEAN'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. CLEAN
1. adj. Used of hardware or software designs, implies ‘elegance in the small’, that is, a design or implementation that may not hold any surprises but does things in a way that is reasonably intuitive and relatively easy to comprehend from the outside. The antonym is ‘grungy’ or crufty.

2. v. To remove unneeded or undesired files in a effort to reduce clutter: “I'm cleaning up my account.” “I cleaned up the garbage and now have 100 Meg free on that partition.”

Translation of 'CLEAN'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: free from dirt, smoke etc a clean window; a clean dress.
Afrikaans: skoon	Arabic: نَقي، خالٍ مِنَ الغُبار،	Bulgarian: чист
Brazilian: limpo	Czech: čistý	German: sauber
Danish: ren	Greek: καθαρός	Spanish: limpio
Estonian: puhas	Farsi: تمیز	Finnish: puhdas
French: propre	Hebrew: נָקִי	Hindi: स्वच्छ
Croatian: čist	Hungarian: tiszta	Indonesian: bersih
Icelandic: hreinn	Italian: pulito	Japanese: 清潔な
Korean: 깨끗한	Lithuanian: švarus	Latvian: tīrs; spodrs
Malay: bersih	Dutch: schoon	Norwegian: rein
Polish: czysty	Persian: تمیز	Pashto: سپېڅلۍ، پاك
Portuguese: limpo	Romanian: curat	Russian: чистый
Slovak: čistý	Slovenian: čist	Serbian: čist
Swedish: ren	Thai: สะอาด	Turkish: temiz
Taiwanese: 乾淨的	Ukrainian: чистий	Urdu: صاف
Vietnamese: sạch	Chinese: 干净的
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