Main entry: clean, make clean
Definition: make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
Usage: Clean the stove!; The dentist cleaned my teeth
Main entry: 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
Antonyms: soiled, dirty, unclean
Definition: soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
Antonyms: stale
Definition: lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
Antonyms: preserved
Definition: prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use
Antonyms: salty
Definition: containing or filled with salt
Antonyms: stained
Definition: marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter
Main entry: unobjectionable, clean
Definition: (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
Usage: good clean fun; a clean joke
Antonyms: dirty
Definition: (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
Definition: containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
Main entry: clean, uncontaminating
Definition: not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
Usage: a clean fuel; cleaner and more efficient engines; the tactical bomb is reasonably clean
Antonyms: contaminating, dirty
Definition: spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
Main entry: clean
Definition: ritually clean or pure
Definition: having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws
Main entry: 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
Antonyms: foul
Definition: (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
Definition: not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception
Antonyms: unjust
Definition: violating principles of justice
Main entry: clean, uninfected
Definition: free from sepsis or infection
Usage: a clean (or uninfected) wound
Main entry: white, clean, blank
Definition: (of a surface) not written or printed on
Usage: blank pages; fill in the blank spaces; a clean page; wide white margins
Definition: become full
Antonyms: fill, fill up, make full
Definition: make full, also in a metaphorical sense
Antonyms: full
Definition: containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
Main entry: clean, clean-living
Definition: morally pure
Usage: led a clean life
Antonyms: immoral
Definition: deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
Main entry: clean
Definition: (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
Usage: a clean voting record; a clean driver's license
Antonyms: imperfect
Definition: not perfect; defective or inadequate
Main entry: clean
Definition: thorough and without qualification
Usage: a clean getaway; a clean sweep; a clean break
Antonyms: uncomplete, incomplete
Definition: not complete or total; not completed
Main entry: clean
Definition: without difficulties or problems
Usage: a clean test flight
Definition: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
Antonyms: uneasy
Definition: lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
Main entry: clean
Definition: free of drugs
Usage: after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years
Antonyms: addicted
Definition: compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming
Main entry: clean, neat
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
Antonyms: maladroit
Definition: not adroit
Main entry: clean
Definition: not carrying concealed weapons
Antonyms: armed
Definition: (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
Antonyms: armed
Definition: (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
Main entry: clean, fresh
Definition: free from impurities
Usage: clean water; fresh air
Antonyms: impure
Definition: (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene
Antonyms: impure
Definition: combined with extraneous elements
Main entry: 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
Antonyms: impure
Definition: (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene
Antonyms: impure
Definition: combined with extraneous elements
Main entry: clean, clear
Definition: free of restrictions or qualifications
Usage: a clean bill of health; a clear winner
Antonyms: qualified
Definition: meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
Antonyms: qualified
Definition: limited or restricted; not absolute
Main entry: fair, clean
Definition: (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
Usage: fair copy; a clean manuscript
Antonyms: illegible
Definition: (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible
Main entry: clean, fair, fairly
Definition: in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
Usage: they played fairly
Antonyms: below the belt, unfairly
Definition: in an unfair manner