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Meaning of clean
noun
- Removal of dirt. Example: This place needs a clean.
- The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
verb
- To remove dirt from a place or object. Example: Can you clean the windows today?
- To tidy up, make a place neat. Example: Clean your room right now!
- To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
- To make things clean in general. Example: She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.
- To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
adjective
- (heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
- (heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
- Smooth, exact, and performed well Example: I’ll need a sharper knife to make clean cuts. a clean leap over a fence
- Total; utter. (still in "clean sweep")
- Cool or neat. Example: Wow, Dude, those are some clean shoes ya got there!
adverb
- Fully and completely. Example: He was stabbed clean through.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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A dictionary checker verifies whether a typed word exists in a word list. It is useful for word games, puzzle checks, spelling checks, and quick vocabulary confirmation.
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