Main entry: clean, clean and jerk
Definition: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
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: remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
Usage: Clean the turkey
Main entry: clean
Definition: remove shells or husks from
Usage: clean grain before milling it
Definition: remove unwanted substances from
Main entry: clean
Definition: remove while making clean
Usage: Clean the spots off the rug
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: houseclean, clean, clean house
Definition: clean and tidy up the house
Usage: She housecleans every week
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
Main entry: clean
Definition: deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
Usage: The other players cleaned him completely
Main entry: clean
Definition: be cleanable
Usage: This stove cleans easily
Main entry: clean
Definition: free of drugs
Usage: after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years
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
Main entry: clean
Definition: not carrying concealed weapons
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
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
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
Main entry: clean
Definition: ritually clean or pure
Main entry: clean
Definition: thorough and without qualification
Usage: a clean getaway; a clean sweep; a clean break
Main entry: clean
Definition: without difficulties or problems
Usage: a clean test flight
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
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: (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
Usage: fair copy; a clean manuscript
Main entry: clean, clean-living
Definition: morally pure
Usage: led a clean life
Main entry: clean
Definition: (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
Usage: a clean voting record; a clean driver's license
Definition: free from impurities
Usage: clean water; fresh air
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
Definition: free of restrictions or qualifications
Usage: a clean bill of health; a clear winner
Main entry: clean, uninfected
Definition: free from sepsis or infection
Usage: a clean (or uninfected) wound
Main entry: plum, plumb, clean
Definition: completely; used as intensifiers
Usage: clean forgot the appointment; I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out
Main entry: clean, fair, fairly
Definition: in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
Usage: they played fairly