noun
- A preparation used in cleaning something.
- synonyms: cleansing agent, cleanser
- The operator of dry-cleaning establishment.
- synonyms: dry cleaner
- 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"
- synonyms: clean
- 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"
- synonyms: clean
- Ritually clean or pure.
- synonyms: clean
- Not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination.
- usage: "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean"
- synonyms: clean, uncontaminating
- Of behavior or especially language. ( free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers)
- usage: "good clean fun"; "a clean joke"
- synonyms: clean, unobjectionable
- Free from sepsis or infection.
- usage: "a clean (or uninfected) wound"
- synonyms: uninfected, clean
- Morally pure.
- usage: "led a clean life"
- synonyms: clean, clean-living
- 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"
- synonyms: clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike
- Without difficulties or problems.
- usage: "a clean test flight"
- synonyms: clean
- Thorough and without qualification.
- usage: "a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break"
- synonyms: clean
- Not carrying concealed weapons.
- synonyms: clean
- 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"
- synonyms: clean
adverb
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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