Meaning & Definition of Clean in English

1. A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead

1. Make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from

• "Clean the stove!"

• "The dentist cleaned my teeth"

2. Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

• "Clean the turkey"

3. Clean and tidy up the house

• "She housecleans every week"

4. Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing

• "Clean up before you see your grandparents"

• "Clean your fingernails before dinner"

5. Be cleanable

• "This stove cleans easily"

6. Deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.

• "The other players cleaned him completely"

7. Remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely

• "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"

• "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"

8. Remove while making clean

• "Clean the spots off the rug"

9. Remove unwanted substances from

10. Remove shells or husks from

• "Clean grain before milling it"

1. 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"

2. Free of restrictions or qualifications

• "A clean bill of health"

• "A clear winner"

3. (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"

4. Free from impurities

• "Clean water"

• "Fresh air"

5. (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense

• "A clean voting record"

• "A clean driver's license"

6. Ritually clean or pure

7. Not spreading pollution or contamination

• Especially radioactive contamination

• "A clean fuel"

• "Cleaner and more efficient engines"

• "The tactical bomb is reasonably clean"

8. (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements

• Fit for all observers

• "Good clean fun"

• "A clean joke"

9. Free from sepsis or infection

• "A clean (or uninfected) wound"

10. Morally pure

• "Led a clean life"

11. (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections

• "Fair copy"

• "A clean manuscript"

12. (of a surface) not written or printed on

• "Blank pages"

• "Fill in the blank spaces"

• "A clean page"

• "Wide white margins"

13. Exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play

• "A clean fight"

• "A sporting solution of the disagreement"

• "Sportsmanlike conduct"

14. Without difficulties or problems

• "A clean test flight"

15. Thorough and without qualification

• "A clean getaway"

• "A clean sweep"

• "A clean break"

16. Not carrying concealed weapons

17. 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"

18. Free of drugs

• "After a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years"

1. Completely

• Used as intensifiers

• "Clean forgot the appointment"

• "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"

2. In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating

• "They played fairly"