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clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
e.g. clean up before you see your grandparents
e.g. clean your fingernails before dinner
Synonym: cleanse
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remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
e.g. Clean the turkey
Synonym: pick
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remove shells or husks from
e.g. clean grain before milling it
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remove unwanted substances from
Synonym: scavenge
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remove while making clean
e.g. Clean the spots off the rug
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make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
e.g. Clean the stove!
e.g. The dentist cleaned my teeth
Synonym: make clean
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clean and tidy up the house
e.g. She housecleans every week
Synonym: houseclean clean house
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remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
e.g. The boys cleaned the sandwich platters
e.g. The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm
Synonym: strip
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deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
e.g. The other players cleaned him completely
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be cleanable
e.g. This stove cleans easily
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free of drugs
e.g. after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years
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free from clumsiness
precisely or deftly executed
e.g. he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek
e.g. a clean throw
e.g. the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife
Synonym: neat
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not carrying concealed weapons
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free from dirt or impurities
or having clean habits
e.g. children with clean shining faces
e.g. clean white shirts
e.g. clean dishes
e.g. a spotlessly clean house
e.g. cats are clean animals
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(of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements
fit for all observers
e.g. good clean fun
e.g. a clean joke
Synonym: unobjectionable
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not spreading pollution or contamination
especially radioactive contamination
e.g. a clean fuel
e.g. cleaner and more efficient engines
e.g. the tactical bomb is reasonably clean
Synonym: uncontaminating
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ritually clean or pure
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thorough and without qualification
e.g. a clean getaway
e.g. a clean sweep
e.g. a clean break
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without difficulties or problems
e.g. a clean test flight
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exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
e.g. a clean fight
e.g. a sporting solution of the disagreement
e.g. sportsmanlike conduct
Synonym: sporting sporty sportsmanlike
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(of a surface) not written or printed on
e.g. blank pages
e.g. fill in the blank spaces
e.g. a clean page
e.g. wide white margins
Synonym: blank white
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(of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
e.g. fair copy
e.g. a clean manuscript
Synonym: fair
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morally pure
e.g. led a clean life
Synonym: clean-living
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(of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
e.g. a clean voting record
e.g. a clean driver's license
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free from impurities
e.g. clean water
e.g. fresh air
Synonym: fresh
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(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
e.g. efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings
e.g. clear laughter like a waterfall
e.g. clear reds and blues
e.g. a light lilting voice like a silver bell
Synonym: clear light unclouded
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free of restrictions or qualifications
e.g. a clean bill of health
e.g. a clear winner
Synonym: clear
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free from sepsis or infection
e.g. a clean (or uninfected) wound
Synonym: uninfected
英语释义
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v. make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
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v. remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
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v. deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.