CLEAN
/kleΛn/
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Definition
/kleΛn/
noun
- Removal of dirt.“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.“Can you clean the windows today?”
- To tidy up, make a place neat.“Clean your room right now!”
- To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
adjective
- (heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
- (heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
- Smooth, exact, and performed well“Iβll need a sharper knife to make clean cuts.β a clean leap over a fence”
adverb
- Fully and completely.“He was stabbed clean through.”
Source: Wiktionary
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