Unscramble clean

Definition of clean

adjective:

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

adverb:

• completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment", "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out". Synonyms: plum, plumb.
• in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly". Synonyms: fair, fairly. Antonyms: unfairly.

noun:

• a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead. Synonyms: clean and jerk.

verb:

• make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!", "The dentist cleaned my teeth". Synonyms: make clean. Antonyms: dirty.
• remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey". Synonyms: pick.
• clean and tidy up the house; "She housecleans every week". Synonyms: clean house, houseclean.
• clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents", "clean your fingernails before dinner". Synonyms: cleanse.
• be cleanable; "This stove cleans easily".
• deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.; "The other players cleaned him completely".
• remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters", "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm". Synonyms: strip.
• remove while making clean; "Clean the spots off the rug".
• remove unwanted substances from. Synonyms: scavenge.
• remove shells or husks from; "clean grain before milling it".

Related words

bath, bathe, bream, brush, decontaminate, disinfect, douche, dust, floss, hoover, hygienise, hygienize, lather, launder, lave, plume, preen, sanitise, sanitize, scavenge, soap, steam, sweep, vacuum, wash.

Words nearby

calean, clan, clear, cleat, glean, lean.

Rhymes with

achene, amine, aquamarine, athene, baleen, bean, benzene, between, between, brigantine, caffeine, canteen, careen, casein, citrine, colleen, convene, cuisine, dean, demean.