What is the meaning of the word "clean"?
Definitions:
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(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims adjective
- efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings
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exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play adjective
- a clean fight
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free from dirt or impurities adjective
- or having clean habits
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free from impurities adjective
- clean water
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free from sepsis or infection adjective
- a clean (or uninfected) wound
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free of drugs adjective
- After a long dependency on heroin they have been clean for 4 years.
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free of restrictions or qualifications adjective
- a clean bill of health
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morally pure adjective
- led a clean life
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of a record, having no marks of discredit or offense adjective
- The delivery job requires a clean driving record.
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thorough and without qualification adjective
- a clean getaway
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to be cleanable verb
- This stove cleans easily.
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to clean and tidy up the house verb
- I clean my house every week.
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to clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing verb
- clean up before you see your grandparents
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to deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc verb
- The other players cleaned me completely.
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to remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely verb
- The boys cleaned the sandwich platters
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to remove shells or husks from verb
- clean grain before milling it
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to remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits verb
- I cleaned the scallops before grilling.
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without difficulties or problems adjective
- a clean test flight
Synonyms:
- clean and jerk
- clean house
- clean-living
- cleanse
- clear
- fair
- fairly
- fine
- houseclean
- make clean
- neat
- pick
- plumb
- scavenge
- sporty
- strip
- uncontaminating
- uninfected
- unobjectionable
- white