Synonyms: clean, clean and jerk
Definition: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
Similar words: weightlift, weightlifting
Definition: bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights
Definition: clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
Usage: clean up before you see your grandparents; clean your fingernails before dinner
Definition: care for one's external appearance
Usage: He is always well-groomed
Definition: remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
Usage: Clean the turkey
Similar words: remove, withdraw, take, take away
Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Usage: remove a threat; remove a wrapper; Remove the dirty dishes from the table; take the gun from your pocket; This machine withdraws heat from the environment
Synonyms: clean
Definition: remove shells or husks from
Usage: clean grain before milling it
Similar words: remove, withdraw, take, take away
Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Usage: remove a threat; remove a wrapper; Remove the dirty dishes from the table; take the gun from your pocket; This machine withdraws heat from the environment
Definition: remove unwanted substances from
Similar words: remove, withdraw, take, take away
Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Usage: remove a threat; remove a wrapper; Remove the dirty dishes from the table; take the gun from your pocket; This machine withdraws heat from the environment
Synonyms: clean
Definition: remove while making clean
Usage: Clean the spots off the rug
Similar words: remove, withdraw, take, take away
Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Usage: remove a threat; remove a wrapper; Remove the dirty dishes from the table; take the gun from your pocket; This machine withdraws heat from the environment
Synonyms: clean, make clean
Definition: make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
Usage: Clean the stove!; The dentist cleaned my teeth
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: houseclean, clean, clean house
Definition: clean and tidy up the house
Usage: She housecleans every week
Similar words: neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up, clean up
Definition: put (things or places) in order
Usage: Tidy up your room!
Definition: remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
Usage: The boys cleaned the sandwich platters; The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm
Similar words: remove, withdraw, take, take away
Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Usage: remove a threat; remove a wrapper; Remove the dirty dishes from the table; take the gun from your pocket; This machine withdraws heat from the environment
Synonyms: clean
Definition: deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
Usage: The other players cleaned him completely
Similar words: deprive, divest, strip
Definition: take away possessions from someone
Usage: The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets
Synonyms: clean
Definition: be cleanable
Usage: This stove cleans easily
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer
Synonyms: clean
Definition: free of drugs
Usage: after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years
Similar words: unaddicted
Definition: not addicted
Definition: free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
Usage: he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek; a clean throw; the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife
Similar words: adroit
Definition: quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
Usage: an exceptionally adroit pianist; an adroit technician; his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers; an adroit negotiator
Synonyms: clean
Definition: not carrying concealed weapons
Similar words: unarmed
Definition: (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms
Usage: went alone and unarmed; unarmed peasants were shot down; unarmed vehicles
Synonyms: clean
Definition: free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
Usage: children with clean shining faces; clean white shirts; clean dishes; a spotlessly clean house; cats are clean animals
Similar words: cleanable
Definition: capable of being cleaned
Similar words: cleanly
Definition: habitually clean
Usage: cleanly in their persons and habitations
Similar words: dry-cleaned
Definition: cleaned with chemical solvents
Definition: not yet used or soiled
Usage: a fresh shirt; a fresh sheet of paper; an unused envelope
Similar words: speckless, spic, spic-and-span, spick, spick-and-span, spotless, immaculate
Definition: completely neat and clean
Usage: the apartment was immaculate; in her immaculate white uniform; a spick-and-span kitchen; their spic red-visored caps
Similar words: pristine
Definition: immaculately clean and unused
Usage: handed her his pristine white handkerchief
Similar words: scrubbed
Definition: made clean by scrubbing
Usage: fresh-scrubbed floors; boys with scrubbed necks and faces
Similar words: unsoiled, unspotted, unstained
Definition: without soil or spot or stain
Similar words: unsullied
Definition: spotlessly clean and fresh
Usage: the unsullied snow of mountains
Similar words: washed, water-washed
Definition: clean by virtue of having been washed in water
Synonyms: unobjectionable, clean
Definition: (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
Usage: good clean fun; a clean joke
Similar words: antiseptic
Definition: devoid of objectionable language
Usage: lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School
Synonyms: clean
Definition: ritually clean or pure
Similar words: halal
Definition: conforming to dietary laws
Usage: halal meat; a halal kitchen
Definition: conforming to dietary laws
Usage: kosher meat; a kosher kitchen
Synonyms: clean
Definition: thorough and without qualification
Usage: a clean getaway; a clean sweep; a clean break
Similar words: complete
Definition: having every necessary or normal part or component or step
Usage: a complete meal; a complete wardrobe; a complete set of the Britannica; a complete set of china; a complete defeat; a complete accounting
Synonyms: clean
Definition: without difficulties or problems
Usage: a clean test flight
Similar words: easy
Definition: posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
Usage: an easy job; an easy problem; an easy victory; the house is easy to heat; satisfied with easy answers; took the easy way out of his dilemma
Synonyms: sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty, clean
Definition: exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
Usage: a clean fight; a sporting solution of the disagreement; sportsmanlike conduct
Definition: free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
Usage: a fair referee; fair deal; on a fair footing; a fair fight; by fair means or foul
Definition: (of a surface) not written or printed on
Usage: blank pages; fill in the blank spaces; a clean page; wide white margins
Similar words: empty
Definition: holding or containing nothing
Usage: an empty glass; an empty room; full of empty seats; empty hours
Definition: (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
Usage: fair copy; a clean manuscript
Similar words: legible
Definition: (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered
Usage: legible handwriting
Synonyms: clean, clean-living
Definition: morally pure
Usage: led a clean life
Similar words: moral
Definition: concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
Usage: moral sense; a moral scrutiny; a moral lesson; a moral quandary; moral convictions; a moral life
Synonyms: clean
Definition: (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
Usage: a clean voting record; a clean driver's license
Similar words: perfect
Definition: being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
Usage: a perfect circle; a perfect reproduction; perfect happiness; perfect manners; a perfect specimen; a perfect day
Definition: free from impurities
Usage: clean water; fresh air
Similar words: pure
Definition: free of extraneous elements of any kind
Usage: pure air and water; pure gold; pure primary colors; the violin's pure and lovely song; pure tones; pure oxygen
Synonyms: unclouded, clean, clear, light
Definition: (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
Usage: 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
Similar words: pure
Definition: free of extraneous elements of any kind
Usage: pure air and water; pure gold; pure primary colors; the violin's pure and lovely song; pure tones; pure oxygen
Definition: free of restrictions or qualifications
Usage: a clean bill of health; a clear winner
Synonyms: clean, uninfected
Definition: free from sepsis or infection
Usage: a clean (or uninfected) wound
Similar words: antiseptic
Definition: thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
Usage: doctors in antiseptic green coats; the antiseptic effect of alcohol; it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities