Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled.
- adjective Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated.
- adjective Not infected.
- adjective Producing relatively little pollution.
- adjective Producing relatively little radioactive fallout or contamination.
- adjective Having no imperfections or blemishes; regular or even.
- adjective Not ornate or intricate; spare.
- adjective Sharply defined; clear-cut.
- adjective Free from clumsiness; deft; adroit.
- adjective Devoid of restrictions or encumbrances.
- adjective Thorough; complete.
- adjective Having few alterations or corrections; legible.
- adjective Blank.
- adjective Morally pure; virtuous.
- adjective Having no marks of discredit or offense.
- adjective Fit for all readers, listeners, or audiences; not ribald or obscene.
- adjective Honest or fair.
- adjective Not carrying concealed weapons or drugs.
- adjective Innocent of a suspected crime.
- adjective Free from narcotics addiction.
- adjective Showing no evidence of using banned or performance-enhancing substances.
- adverb So as to be unsoiled.
- adverb In a fair manner.
- adverb In a clean or nonpolluting manner.
- adverb Informal Entirely; wholly.
- intransitive verb To rid of dirt, rubbish, or impurities.
- intransitive verb To get rid of (impurities or dirt, for example); remove.
- intransitive verb To prepare (fowl or other food) for cooking, as by removing the entrails or fat.
- intransitive verb To remove the contents from; empty.
- intransitive verb Sports To lift (a barbell) from the floor to the shoulders in one motion.
- intransitive verb To undergo or perform an act of cleaning.
- idiom (clean house) To eliminate or discard what is undesirable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a clean manner.
- Quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely; fully: as, the dam was carried clean away.
- Without miscarriage; dexterously; neatly; cleverly.
- . Nobly; beautifully.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Bring a sponge "-- he corrected himself --" a clean rag will do -- only it must be _clean_ "-- this to Mrs. Volsky," you
The Island of Faith 1937
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He hath bidden me bring thee to him, clean, _clean_. "
The Coming of the King Bernie Babcock
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And then he will be clean -- brave and strong and _clean_! "
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First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean\ "(Mt
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""I must be clear, the label 'clean energy' is not reserved solely for renewables," said Christopher Guith, vice president for..."
Forbes.com: News Forbes 2011
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The term clean coal means different things to different people.
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What the coal industry uses the term clean coal to mean anything that is built post-1970, regardless of the fact that it's spewing out large amounts of carbon dioxide.
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I don't use the term clean coal because I think it's misused.
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The term clean has morphed into the term clean enough.
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