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clean

The correct spelling is clean.

How to pronounce clean

/kleːn/
noun

IPA: /kleːn/

Say it like: Clee-n

The correct spelling is clean. Removal of dirt. For example: "This place needs a clean."

Usage Examples

This place needs a clean.

Can you clean the windows today?

Clean your room right now!

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Removal of dirt.
  2. 2.The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.

verb

  1. 1.To remove dirt from a place or object.
  2. 2.To tidy up, make a place neat.
  3. 3.To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
  4. 4.To make things clean in general.
  5. 5.To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).

adjective

  1. 1.(heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
  2. 2.(heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
  3. 3.Smooth, exact, and performed well
  4. 4.Total; utter. (still in "clean sweep")
  5. 5.Cool or neat.

adverb

  1. 1.Fully and completely.

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