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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled.
- adjective Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated.
- adjective Not infected.
- adjective Producing relatively little pollution.
- adjective Producing relatively little radioactive fallout or contamination.
- adjective Having no imperfections or blemishes; regular or even.
- adjective Not ornate or intricate; spare.
- adjective Sharply defined; clear-cut.
- adjective Free from clumsiness; deft; adroit.
- adjective Devoid of restrictions or encumbrances.
- adjective Thorough; complete.
- adjective Having few alterations or corrections; legible.
- adjective Blank.
- adjective Morally pure; virtuous.
- adjective Having no marks of discredit or offense.
- adjective Fit for all readers, listeners, or audiences; not ribald or obscene.
- adjective Honest or fair.
- adjective Not carrying concealed weapons or drugs.
- adjective Innocent of a suspected crime.
- adjective Free from narcotics addiction.
- adjective Showing no evidence of using banned or performance-enhancing substances.
- adverb So as to be unsoiled.
- adverb In a fair manner.
- adverb In a clean or nonpolluting manner.
- adverb Informal Entirely; wholly.
- intransitive verb To rid of dirt, rubbish, or impurities.
- intransitive verb To get rid of (impurities or dirt, for example); remove.
- intransitive verb To prepare (fowl or other food) for cooking, as by removing the entrails or fat.
- intransitive verb To remove the contents from; empty.
- intransitive verb Sports To lift (a barbell) from the floor to the shoulders in one motion.
- intransitive verb To undergo or perform an act of cleaning.
- idiom (clean house) To eliminate or discard what is undesirable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unmixed with foreign or extraneous matter; free from admixture; unadulterated; pure.
- Free from dirt or filth; having all uncleanness removed.
- Morally pure; guiltless; upright; honorable.
- Among the Jews:
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Bring a sponge "-- he corrected himself --" a clean rag will do -- only it must be _clean_ "-- this to Mrs. Volsky," you
The Island of Faith 1937
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He hath bidden me bring thee to him, clean, _clean_. "
The Coming of the King Bernie Babcock
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And then he will be clean -- brave and strong and _clean_! "
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First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean\ "(Mt
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""I must be clear, the label 'clean energy' is not reserved solely for renewables," said Christopher Guith, vice president for..."
Forbes.com: News Forbes 2011
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The term clean coal means different things to different people.
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What the coal industry uses the term clean coal to mean anything that is built post-1970, regardless of the fact that it's spewing out large amounts of carbon dioxide.
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I don't use the term clean coal because I think it's misused.
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The term clean has morphed into the term clean enough.
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The “clean girl” is an image, a vibe, a genre — one that promotes self-care, comfort, and looking put-together.
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synonyms (324)
Words with the same meaning
- Christian
- Daedalian
- absolute
- absolutely
- acknowledge
- adept
- admit
- adroit
- all-embracing
- all-encompassing
- all-out
- all-pervading
- altogether
- antiseptic
- apt
- artistic
- authoritative
- bath
- bathe
- blameless
- bleach
- bleached
- blotless
- born
- bowdlerize
- bravura
- bright
- brighten
- brilliant
- broad-based
- chaste
- clarify
- clean
- clean out
- clean up
- clean-cut
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- cleanse
- cleansed
- clear
- clear out
- clever
- come clean
- comely
- complete
- completely
- comprehensive
- confess
- congenital
- consummate
- coordinated
- crack
- crackerjack
- creditable
- cunning
- cute
- daedal
- dainty
- decent
- decontaminate
- decontaminated
- deep-dyed
- definite
- deft
- delouse
- deplete
- depurate
- deterge
- dexterous
- dexterously
- dextrous
- diplomatic
- dirt-free
- disinfect
- disinfected
- do
- do up
- downright
- dry-clean
- dust
- dust off
- dyed-in-the-wool
- egregious
- empty
- entire
- entirely
- erect
- estimable
- ethical
- evacuate
- even
- excellent
- exhaust
- exhaustive
- expert
- expurgate
- fair
- fancy
- fastidious
- faultless
- fresh
- freshen
- full of integrity
- fully
- furbish
- good
- goodish
- graceful
- guiltless
- gut
- handy
- healthy
- high-minded
- high-principled
- highly respectable
- honest
- honorable
- immaculate
- immaculately
- impeccable
- inculpable
- ingenious
- innocent
- inoffensive
- intensive
- inviolate
- irreproachable
- irretrievably
- irrevocably
- just
- kosher
- launder
- lave
- law-abiding
- law-loving
- law-revering
- lustrate
- magisterial
- make clean
- manly
- masterful
- masterly
- modest
- mop
- moral
- neat
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- no mean
- noble
- nonpolluted
- of cleanly habits
- omnibus
- omnipresent
- order
- out-and-out
- outright
- own up
- perfect
- perfectly
- pervasive
- plain
- plumb
- police
- polish
- politic
- principled
- professional
- proficient
- pure
- pure in heart
- purehearted
- purely
- purge
- purified
- purify
- quick
- quite
- quite some
- radical
- ready
- recondition
- reform
- regular
- renew
- renovate
- reputable
- resourceful
- respectable
- reveal
- right
- right-minded
- righteous
- ritually pure
- sanitary
- sanitize
- scavenge
- scour
- scrub
- scrubbed
- sexually innocent
- shapely
- sheer
- shining
- shiny
- simple
- sing
- sinless
- skillful
- skillfully
- slick
- smooth
- smut-free
- smutless
- snowy
- some
- sparkling
- spill the beans
- sponge
- sportsmanlike
- sportsmanly
- spotless
- spotlessly
- spruce
- stainless
- stark
- statesmanlike
- steam-clean
- sterile
- sterling
- straight
- straighten out
- straighten up
- stylish
- sweep
- sweep out
- sweeping
- sweet
- sweeten
- tactful
- tahar
- taintless
- the compleat
- the complete
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- thoroughly
- through-and-through
- tidy
- total
- totally
- trim
- true-dealing
- true-devoted
- true-disposing
- true-souled
- true-spirited
- truehearted
- tubbed
- ubiquitous
- unadulterated
- unarmed
- unbesmirched
- unblemished
- unblotted
- unclutter
- uncomplicated
- unconditional
- uncontaminated
- uncorrupt
- uncorrupted
- undefiled
- unimpeachable
- uninfected
- universal
- unmitigated
- unmixed
- unmuddied
- unpolluted
- unqualified
- unrelievedly
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- unsmirched
- unsmudged
- unsoiled
- unspoiled
- unspotted
- unstained
- unsullied
- untainted
- untarnished
- upright
- uprighteous
- upstanding
- utter
- utterly
- vacuum
- veritable
- virtuoso
- virtuous
- wash
- wash up
- weaponless
- well-done
- well-favored
- well-formed
- well-made
- well-proportioned
- well-scrubbed
- well-shaped
- well-washed
- white
- whiten
- whitened
- wholesale
- wholesome
- wholly
- wipe
- wipe off
- wipe out
- wipe up
- workmanlike
- worthy
- yeomanly
equivalents (37)
Other words for 'clean'
- adroit
- antiseptic
- cleanable
- cleanly
- complete
- cosher
- dry-cleaned
- easy
- empty
- fair
- fresh
- halal
- immaculate
- just
- kosher
- legible
- moral
- perfect
- pristine
- pure
- scrubbed
- speckless
- spic
- spic-and-span
- spick
- spick-and-span
- spotless
- unaddicted
- unarmed
- unqualified
- unsoiled
- unspotted
- unstained
- unsullied
- unused
- washed
- water-washed
hypernyms (10)
Words that are more generic or abstract
same context (23)
Words that are found in similar contexts
cross-references (18)
Cross-references
rhymes (163)
Words with the same terminal sound
- Aileen
- Amin
- Arleen
- Augustin
- Bean
- Cathleen
- Celine
- Charlene
- Christine
- Clymene
- Coleen
- Colleen
- Corinne
- Crimean
- Dean
- Deane
- Doreen
- Eileen
- Eugene
- Filene
- Gene
- Geraldine
- Green
- Greene
- Halloween
- Helene
- Irene
- Janine
- Jean
- Jeanne
- Jolene
- Justine
- Kathleen
- Kean
- Keane
- Keene
- Killeen
- Kristine
- Laurene
- Lean
- Levine
- Marine
- Marleen
- Maureen
- Maxine
- Mien
- Moline
- Nadine
- Nene
- Noreen
- Pauline
- Queen
- Rabin
- Racine
- Sabine
- Selene
- Serene
- Sheen
- Sistine
- Slovene
- Smithereen
- Steen
- Wolverine
- agin
- ameen
- aquamarine
- baleen
- bean
- beene
- bein
- benzene
- between
- bien
- brean
- caffeine
- canteen
- careen
- casein
- citrine
- clymene
- colleen
- convene
- corinne
- cortine
- crimean
- cuisine
- dean
- demean
- eighteen
- feldene
- fifteen
- figurine
- foreseen
- fourteen
- gean
- gelatine
- gene
- glean
- green
- greene
- haen
- intervene
- jean
- keen
- keene
- latrine
- lean
- lene
- lien
- machine
- mandarine
- marine
- mean
- meine
- mien
- moline
- moreen
- mujahedeen
- mujahideen
- nene
- nineteen
- obscene
- onscreen
- pauline
- peine
- plein
- preen
- preteen
- propylene
- queen
- ravine
- reconvene
- reen
- routine
- saline
- sardine
- scene
- screen
- seen
- serene
- seventeen
- shaheen
- sheen
- sixteen
- skeen
- skene
- spleen
- submachine
- submarine
- sunscreen
- tambourine
- tangerine
- teen
- thirteen
- trampoline
- treen
- umpteen
- unclean
- unforeseen
- unseen
- vaccine
- wean
- wolverine
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