clean

Adjective

• free of drugs
  • after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years
    

• free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
  • he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek
    
  • a clean throw
    
  • the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife
    

• not carrying concealed weapons

• thorough and without qualification
  • a clean getaway
    
  • a clean sweep
    
  • a clean break
    

• without difficulties or problems
  • a clean test flight
    

• exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
  • a clean fight
    
  • a sporting solution of the disagreement
    
  • sportsmanlike conduct
    

• (of a surface) not written or printed on
  • blank pages
    
  • fill in the blank spaces
    
  • a clean page
    
  • wide white margins
    

• (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
  • fair copy
    
  • a clean manuscript
    

• morally pure
  • led a clean life
    

• free from sepsis or infection
  • a clean (or uninfected) wound
    

• (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
  • good clean fun
    
  • a clean joke
    

• not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
  • a clean fuel
    
  • cleaner and more efficient engines
    
  • the tactical bomb is reasonably clean
    

• ritually clean or pure

• (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
  • a clean voting record
    
  • a clean driver's license
    

• free from impurities
  • clean water
    
  • fresh air
    

• (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
  • 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
    

• free of restrictions or qualifications
  • a clean bill of health
    
  • a clear winner
    

• free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
  • children with clean shining faces
    
  • clean white shirts
    
  • clean dishes
    
  • a spotlessly clean house
    
  • cats are clean animals
    

Verb

• remove shells or husks from
  • clean grain before milling it
    

• remove unwanted substances from

• remove while making clean
  • Clean the spots off the rug
    

• remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
  • The boys cleaned the sandwich platters
    
  • The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm
    

• deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
  • The other players cleaned him completely
    

• be cleanable
  • This stove cleans easily
    

• clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
  • clean up before you see your grandparents
    
  • clean your fingernails before dinner
    

• clean and tidy up the house
  • She housecleans every week
    

• remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
  • Clean the turkey
    

• make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
  • Clean the stove!
    
  • The dentist cleaned my teeth
    

Noun

• a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead

Adverb

• in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
  • they played fairly
    

• completely; used as intensifiers
  • clean forgot the appointment
    
  • I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  neat , sporting , sporty , sportsmanlike , blank , white , fair , clean-living , uninfected , unobjectionable , uncontaminating , fresh , clear , light , unclouded , scavenge , strip , cleanse , houseclean , clean house , pick , make clean , clean and jerk , fairly , plumb , plum
• Antonyms: 
  dirty , contaminating , unclean , impure , soiled , soil , begrime , grime , colly , bemire , unfairly , below the belt