Clean

adjective cleaner · cleanest · clane · cleane

1. Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled. Are these dishes clean? Your room is finally clean! For a baby, happiness is a full bottle and a clean diaper.
2. Of metal, having relatively few impurities. clean steel
3. slang Not muscular due to steroid use. I don't think he's clean, look at those traps.
4. Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease. Insert a clean swab into your nose.
5. Devoid of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). I want to make sure my fiancé is clean before we are married.
6. slang Of a victory or performance: without any blemishes such as submission holds, disqualification, interference, etc. Our team won, but it wasn't clean.
7. Of a route, ascended without falling.
8. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects. clean land
9. In an unmarked condition; blank. Put a clean sheet of paper into the printer.
10. Pure, especially morally or religiously. Our kids can watch this movie because it is clean.
11. Not using drugs or alcohol. go clean
12. Free from (or showing no signs of) corrupt, unlawful, and/or sinister conduct or connections (and (of criminal, driving, etc. records) therefore without restrictions or penalties). It was my dream to be a Soviet spy. The vetting process started, and I was “clean”: no Jews in either my background or my wife's, no relatives abroad, already a member of the Soviet Communist Party, high marks on exams, three foreign languages, no dissident inclinations[…]
13. informal Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs. I'm clean, officer. You can go ahead and search me if you want.
14. informal Devoid of profanity.
15. Free of infiltration by covert listening or recording devices (bugs), enemy spies, etc. We are currently clean on OPSEC.
16. Empty. The cargo hold is clean.
17. Smooth, exact, and performed well. I'll need a sharper knife to make clean cuts.
18. That does not damage the environment (as much as some alternative). clean energy
19. Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
20. Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position.
21. Well-proportioned; shapely. clean limbs
22. informal Cool or neat. Wow, dude, those are some clean shoes ya got there!
23. Utter, complete, total; pure; free from restraint. a clean sweep

Similar: clean, clean as a bean, clean as a hound's tooth, clean as a new penny, clean as a new pin, clean as a whistle, immaculate, pristine, spick-and-span, spotless, squeaky clean, stainless

noun cleans · clane · cleane

1. A removal of dirt. This place needs a clean.
2. The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
3. in plural Of heavy metal, clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams. When people complained the songs were too hard, Kyle's clean vocals could bail out the band. Adding cleans would set off a chain reaction though - Kyle's crisp, clear presence could be seen as "betraying" the raw assault that Mike inflicts on the fans with his screams and growls.

verb cleans · cleaning · cleaned · clane · cleane

1. transitive To remove dirt from a place or object. Can you clean the windows today?
2. transitive To tidy up, make a place neat. Clean your room right now!
3. intransitive To make things clean in general. She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.
4. transitive To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
5. transitive To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
6. intransitive To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
7. slang To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
8. transitive To lift a weight from the ground to one's shoulders. Mike Aidala grunts as he cleans and presses 300 pounds up from the floor of his garage.
9. Synonym of clean up.
10. transitive To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal. The fishmonger cleaned the mackerel.
11. slang To beat, to thrash; to defeat.

adverb cleaner · cleanest · clane · cleane

1. Fully and completely. He was stabbed clean through.

proper noun Cleans

1. A surname.