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clean

/kleːn/
noun
  1. 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.

verb
  1. To remove dirt from a place or object.

    "Can you clean the windows today?"

  2. To tidy up, make a place neat.

    "Clean your room right now!"

  3. To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.

adjective
  1. (heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.

  2. (heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.

  3. Smooth, exact, and performed well

    "I’ll need a sharper knife to make clean cuts.  a clean leap over a fence"

Synonymsclean
Antonymsdirty, unclean
adverb
  1. Fully and completely.

    "He was stabbed clean through."

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