Definition of clean

"clean" in the noun sense

1. clean and jerk, clean

a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead

"clean" in the verb sense

1. clean, make clean

make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from

"Clean the stove!"

"The dentist cleaned my teeth"

2. clean, pick

remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

"Clean the turkey"

3. houseclean, clean house, clean

clean and tidy up the house

"She housecleans every week"

4. cleanse, clean

clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing

"clean up before you see your grandparents"

"clean your fingernails before dinner"

5. clean

be cleanable

"This stove cleans easily"

6. clean

deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.

"The other players cleaned him completely"

7. clean, strip

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. clean

remove while making clean

"Clean the spots off the rug"

9. scavenge, clean

remove unwanted substances from

10. clean

remove shells or husks from

"clean grain before milling it"

"clean" in the adjective sense

1. clean

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. clean, clear

free of restrictions or qualifications

"a clean bill of health"

"a clear winner"

3. clean, clear, light, unclouded

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. clean, fresh

free from impurities

"clean water"

"fresh air"

5. clean

of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense

"a clean voting record"

"a clean driver's license"

6. clean

ritually clean or pure

7. clean, uncontaminating

not spreading pollution or contamination especially radioactive contamination

"a clean fuel"

"cleaner and more efficient engines"

"the tactical bomb is reasonably clean"

8. clean, unobjectionable

of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements fit for all observers

"good clean fun"

"a clean joke"

9. uninfected, clean

free from sepsis or infection

"a clean (or uninfected) wound"

10. clean, clean-living

morally pure

"led a clean life"

11. clean, fair

of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections

"fair copy"

"a clean manuscript"

12. blank, clean, white

of a surface) not written or printed on

"blank pages"

"fill in the blank spaces"

"a clean page"

"wide white margins"

13. clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike

exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play

"a clean fight"

"a sporting solution of the disagreement"

"sportsmanlike conduct"

14. clean

without difficulties or problems

"a clean test flight"

15. clean

thorough and without qualification

"a clean getaway"

"a clean sweep"

"a clean break"

16. clean

not carrying concealed weapons

17. clean, neat

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. clean

free of drugs

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

"clean" in the adverb sense

1. clean, plumb, plum

completely used as intensifiers

"clean forgot the appointment"

"I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"

2. fairly, fair, clean

in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating

"they played fairly"

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Quotations for clean

New brooms sweep clean. [ Proverb ]

With clean-washen hands.

A clean hand wants no washing. [ Proverb ]

Clean hands want no wash ball. [ Proverb ]

Take a bird from a clean nest. [ Gaelic Proverb ]

Light suppers make clean sheets. [ Proverb ]

Hungry horses make a clean manger. [ Proverb ]

Salt spilt is seldom clean taken up. [ Proverb ]

Dirt is dirtiest upon clean white linen. [ Proverb ]

O, she is fallen
Into a pit of ink, that the wide sea
Hath drops too few to wash her clean again. [ William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV. Sc.1 ]

Make clean thy conscience; hide thee there. [ Quarles ]

The fire that all things else consumeth clean
May hurt and heal. [ Sir Thomas Wyatt ]

Character must be kept bright as well as clean. [ Chesterfield ]

It is not clean linen only, that makes the feast. [ Proverb ]

Don't cast out your foul water till you have clean. [ Proverb ]

A clear fire, a clean hearth, and the rigor of the game. [ Lamb ]

You have fouled yourself, and now would have me clean you. [ Proverb ]

My hands are clean, but my heart has somewhat of impurity. [ Euripides ]

Undipped people may be as good as dipped, if their hearts are clean. [ Ruskin's rendering of the faith of St. Martin ]

Thy shape in every part so clean as might instruct the sculptor's art. [ Dryden ]

That happiness may enter the soul, we must first sweep it clean of all imaginary evils. [ Fontanelle ]

In clothes clean and fresh there is a kind of youth with which age should surround itself. [ Joubert ]

Sturdy swains, in clean array, for rustic dance prepare, mixed with the buxom damsels hand in hand. [ John Phillips ]

Small thanks to the man for keeping his hands clean who would not touch the work but with gloves on. [ Carlyle ]

Since your eyes are so sharp, that you cannot only look through a millstone, but clean through the mind. [ Lyly ]

The amount of women who flirt with their own husbands is scandalous. It is simply washing one's clean linen in public. [ Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest ]

If you are about to strive for your life, take with you a stout heart and a clean conscience and trust the rest to God. [ J. Fenimore Cooper ]

Some folks say it was a miracle. Saint Francis suddenly appeared and knocked the next pitch clean over the fence. But I think it was just a lucky swing. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

If life has not made you by God's grace, through faith, holy - think you, will death without faith do it? The cold waters of that narrow stream are no purifying bath in which you may wash and be clean. No! no! as you go down into them, you will come up from them. [ Alexander Maclaren ]

No man ever stood lower in my estimation for having a patch in his clothes; yet I am sure there is greater anxiety to have fashionable, or at least clean and unpatched clothes, than to have a sound conscience. I sometimes try my acquaintances by some such test as this - who could wear a patch, or two extra seams only, over the knee. [ Thoreau ]

It is the saying of an old divine, Two things in ray apparel I will chiefly aim at - commodiousness and decency; more than these is not commendable, yet I hate an effeminate spruceness as much as a fantastic disorder. A neglected comeliness is the best ornament. It is said of the celebrated Mr. Whitfield that he always was very clean and neat, and often said pleasantly that a minister of the gospel ought to be without a spot. [ J. Beaumont ]

Two things a master commits to his servant's care - the child and the child's clothes. It will be a poor excuse for the servant to say, at his master's return, Sir, here are all the child's clothes, neat and clean, but the child is lost. Much so of the account that many will give to God of their souls and bodies at the great day. Lord, here is my body; I am very grateful for it; I neglected nothing that belonged to its contents and welfare; but as for my soul, that is lost and cast away forever. I took little care and thought about it. [ John Flavel ]

clean in Scrabble®

The word clean is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters clean:

LANCE
(30)
CLEAN
(30)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word clean

CLEAN
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In clean

LANCE
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CLEAN
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CLAN
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CANE
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CLEAN
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clean in Words With Friends™

The word clean is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters clean:

CLEAN
(54)
LANCE
(54)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word clean

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In clean

CLEAN
(54)
LANCE
(54)
CLAN
(51)
CANE
(48)
CLEAN
(42)
LANCE
(42)
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Word Growth involving clean

Shorter words in clean

an lean

lea lean

Longer words containing clean

cleanable noncleanable

cleanable uncleanable

cleancut

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unclean uncleanable

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