What is the meaning of cleaner?

noun

  • A preparation used in cleaning something.
  • The operator of dry-cleaning establishment.
  • Someone whose occupation is cleaning.

adjective

  • Free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits.
    • usage: "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"
  • Free of restrictions or qualifications.
    • usage: "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner"
  • Of sound or color. ( free from anything that dulls or dims)
    • usage: "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"
  • Free from impurities.
    • usage: "clean water"; "fresh air"
  • Of a record. ( having no marks of discredit or offense)
    • usage: "a clean voting record"; "a clean driver's license"
  • Ritually clean or pure.
  • Not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination.
    • usage: "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean"
  • Of behavior or especially language. ( free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers)
    • usage: "good clean fun"; "a clean joke"
  • Free from sepsis or infection.
    • usage: "a clean (or uninfected) wound"
  • Morally pure.
    • usage: "led a clean life"
  • Of a manuscript. ( having few alterations or corrections)
    • usage: "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript"
  • Of a surface. ( not written or printed on)
    • usage: "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"
  • Exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play.
    • usage: "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct"
  • Without difficulties or problems.
    • usage: "a clean test flight"
  • Thorough and without qualification.
    • usage: "a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break"
  • Not carrying concealed weapons.
  • Free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed.
    • usage: "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"
  • Free of drugs.
    • usage: "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years"

adverb

  • Completely; used as intensifiers.
    • usage: "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
  • In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating.
    • usage: "they played fairly"
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APAWordNet. (2010). cleaner. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/cleaner/definitions/1229401
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