Clean
//kliːn//
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The word "clean" can be used as adjective, verb, adjective, noun, adverb, proper noun and adverb.
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a new broom sweeps clean arse has gone clean out of 'er arse is clean out of 'er bioclean broom-clean certificate of clean criminal record clean URL clean as a bean clean as a hound's tooth clean as a new penny clean as a new pin clean as a whistle clean bill of health clean bomb clean bowl clean break clean bulk clean chit clean coal clean code clean coder clean copy clean down clean eating clean electricity clean fashion clean feed clean fetish clean fill clean float clean freak clean girl clean hands clean house clean language clean link clean meat clean money clean off clean one's plate clean out clean potato clean power clean price clean room clean sheet clean shell clean skin clean slate clean someone’s clock clean teen clean up clean up after clean-handed clean-limbed clean-living clean-shaved clean-shaven clean-timbered clean-up cleanability cleanable cleanaholic cleaner cleanfluencer cleanish cleanly cleanness cleanroom cleanshaven cleanskin cleantech cleanth come clean day-clean deep clean dry-clean eye-clean get one's clock cleaned houseclean hyperclean keep one's nose clean lick clean make a clean breast misclean misclean new brooms sweep clean nonclean overclean overclean power clean preclean rage clean reclean self-cleaning show a clean pair of heels spring clean squeaky clean start with a clean sheet of paper super-clean superclean the arse has gone clean out of 'er the arse is clean out of 'er ultraclean unclean wipe the slate clean
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absence of dirt buy mop check what needs cleaning despose of all grime do find appropriate tool find where dirt gather cleaning supplies get bleach get broom get bucket of water get cleaning cloth get cleaning supplies get dirty get out bucket and mop get out cleaning supplies get soap get soap and water get washclothe have chemicals have cleaning supplies have to clean with mop floor motivate yourself organize pay pick up trash prioritize tasks shower or bathe start on simple project sweep floor take appropriate steps use rag and cleaning solution want to clean
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action adjective alcohol antiseptic bathing brush chore clean and jerk clear completely condition contraband cool damage debris decent directory dirt dirty drug dust empty environment equipment exact fall file fresh fresh and fully godliness hands household household chore housekeeper hygiene hygienic ice impurity kitchens line morally neat neat tidy neatness organized penalties performed personal personal hygiene pristine profanity protrusion pure raw religiously remove restriction rock sanitary sanitize sanitized scan scrub scrubbing sexually transmitted disease shine shiny smooth soap sparkling spotless spotless sanitary spray squeaky state std surface sweep teeth teeth hands tidy tidy neat tidying tidying up uninterrupted unmarked up vacuum vacuuming wash wash up washing weapon wipe
Similar Terms
adroit antiseptic antiseptic clean house cleanable cleanable cleanly cleanly complete complete cosher cosher decent dry cleaned dry-cleaned easy easy empty fair fresh halal halal houseclean immaculate just kosher legible legible make clean moral perfect perfect pristine pristine pure pure scrubbed scrubbed speckless spic spic-and-span spick spick and span spick-and-span spotless tidy unaddicted unaddicted unarmed unarmed unqualified unqualified unsoiled unspotted unspotted unstained unsullied unsullied unused unused washed water washed water-washed
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