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What (who) is Clean - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
CLEAN (disambiguation)
clean
I
adj., adv.
1) immaculately, spotlessly clean
2) (misc.) to come clean ('to confess'); we're clean out of food ('we're completely out of food')
II
v. (D; tr.) to clean out of (the store was cleaned out of cigarettes)
clean
(cleaner, cleanest, cleans, cleaning, cleaned)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
He wore his cleanest slacks, a clean shirt and a navy blazer...
Disease has not been a problem because clean water is available...
The metro is efficient and spotlessly clean...
? dirty
ADJ
2.
You say that people or animals are clean when they keep themselves or their surroundings clean.
? dirty
ADJ
3.
A clean fuel or chemical process does not create many harmful or polluting substances.
Fans of electric cars say they are clean, quiet and economical.
? dirty
ADJ
• cleanly
Manufacturers are working with new fuels to find one that burns more cleanly than petrol.
ADV: ADV after v
4.
If you clean something or clean dirt off it, you make it free from dirt and unwanted marks, for example by washing or wiping it. If something cleans easily, it is easy to clean.
Her father cleaned his glasses with a paper napkin...
It took half an hour to clean the orange powder off the bath...
Wood flooring not only cleans easily, but it's environmentally friendly into the bargain.
VERB: V n, V n prep/adv, V adv
•
Clean is also a noun.
Give the cooker a good clean.
N-SING
5.
If you clean a room or house, you make the inside of it and the furniture in it free from dirt and dust.
With them also lived Mary Burinda, who cooked and cleaned...
She got up early and cleaned the flat.
VERB: V, V n
• cleaning
I do the cleaning myself.
N-UNCOUNT
6.
If you describe something such as a book, joke, or lifestyle as clean, you think that they are not sexually immoral or offensive.
They're trying to show clean, wholesome, decent movies...
Flirting is good clean fun...
? dirty
ADJ [approval]
7.
If someone has a clean reputation or record, they have never done anything illegal or wrong.
Accusations of tax evasion have tarnished his clean image...
You can hire these from most car hire firms, provided you have a clean driving licence.
ADJ
8.
A clean game or fight is carried out fairly, according to the rules.
He called for a clean fight in the election and an end to 'negative campaigning'...
= fair
? dirty
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• cleanly
The game had been cleanly fought.
ADV: ADV after v, ADV -ed
9.
A clean sheet of paper has no writing or drawing on it.
Take a clean sheet of paper and down the left-hand side make a list.
= blank
ADJ: usu ADJ n
10.
If you make a clean break or start, you end a situation completely and start again in a different way.
She wanted to make a clean break from her mother and father.
ADJ: ADJ n
11.
Clean is used to emphasize that something was done completely. (INFORMAL)
It burned clean through the seat of my overalls...
I clean forgot everything I had prepared.
ADV: usu ADV prep/adv, also ADV before v [emphasis]
12.
You can describe an action as clean to indicate that it is carried out simply and quickly without mistakes.
They were more concerned about the dogs' welfare than a clean getaway...
? messy
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• cleanly
I struck the ball cleanly and my shot was on target.
ADV: ADV after v, ADV -ed
13.
If you come clean about something that you have been keeping secret, you admit it or tell people about it. (INFORMAL)
It would be better if you come clean about it and let her know what kind of man she is seeing.
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR about/on n
14.
clean
¦ adjective
1. free from dirt, marks, or pollutants.
attentive to personal hygiene.
2. morally pure.
not offensive or obscene: good clean fun.
showing or having no record of offences or crimes.
done according to the rules.
3. free from irregularities; smooth; well defined: a clean fracture of the leg.
4. (of an action) smoothly and skilfully done.
5. (of a taste, sound, or smell) distinctive and fresh.
¦ adverb
1. so as to be free from dirt.
2. informal completely: I clean forgot her birthday.
¦ verb
1. remove dirt or marks from; make clean.
2. (clean someone out) informal use up or take all someone's money.
(clean something out) strip a place of and steal all its contents.
3. (clean up) informal make a substantial gain or profit.
¦ noun an act of cleaning.
Phrases
clean and jerk a weightlifting exercise in which a weight is raised above the head following an initial lift to shoulder level.
clean someone's clock N. Amer. informal beat or decisively defeat someone.
a clean sheet (or slate) an absence of existing restraints or commitments.
?(keep a clean sheet) (in a soccer match) prevent the opposing side from scoring.
come clean informal fully confess something.
keep one's hands clean remain uninvolved in an immoral or illegal act.
make a clean breast of it fully confess one's mistakes or wrongdoings.
make a clean sweep
1. remove all unwanted people or things ready to start afresh.
2. win all of a group of related sporting contests.
Derivatives
cleanable adjective
cleaning noun
cleanish adjective
cleanness noun
Origin
OE clne, of W. Gmc origin.
Wikipedia
CLEAN
CLEAN may refer to:
- Component Validator for Environmentally Friendly Aero Engine
- CLEAN (algorithm), a computational algorithm used in astronomy to perform a deconvolution on dirty images
- Commonwealth Law Enforcement Assistance Network, a system used by law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies in Pennsylvania which interfaces NCIC, Penndot and other sources beneficial to law enforcement personnel. Operated by the Pennsylvania State Police.
- Cryogenic Low-Energy Astrophysics with Noble gases, a liquid argon dark matter detector under construction at SNOLAB.
Examples of use of Clean
1. "I‘m clean, I‘ve always been clean," Bonds told the newspaper.
2. "Dwain now has his clean sheet and a clean start.
3. How would solar, wind, "clean, safe nuclear," and "clean coal" research cut US oil imports?
4. He said he had not had a clean shirt or clean underwear in three days.
5. I prefer spraying the area with Clorox Clean Up, scrubbing, then rinsing clean with water.