Clean
/kleːn/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:10 pts5 letters
Definition of Clean
noun
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.
- To make things clean in general.
"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
"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.
"Wow, Dude, those are some clean shoes ya got there!"
adverb
- Fully and completely.
"He was stabbed clean through."
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Synonyms & Antonyms
SYNONYMS
clean
ANTONYMS
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