CLEAN

Clean

In computer science, Clean is a general-purpose purely functional computer programming language.

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clean

Noun

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

Verb

  1. To remove dirt from a place or object.
    Can you clean the windows today?
  2. To tidy up, make a place neat.
    Clean your room right now!
  3. To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
  4. To make things clean in general.
    She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.
  5. To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.

Adjective

  1. Not dirty.
    Are these dishes clean?
    Your room is finally clean!
  2. In an unmarked condition.
    Put a clean sheet of paper into the printer.
  3. Pure, especially morally or religiously.
    Our kids can watch this movie because it is clean.
  4. Not having used drugs or alcohol.
    I've been clean this time for eight months.
  5. Smooth, exact, and performed well.
    I’ll need a sharper knife to make clean cuts.
    a clean leap over a fence
  6. without restrictions or penalties, or someone having such a record.
    Unlike you, I’ve never caused any accidents — my record is still clean!
  7. Cool or neat.
    Damn, Shorty, those are some clean shoes ya got there!
  8. Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
  9. Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
    I want to make sure my fiance is clean before we are married.
  10. Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
    I’m clean, officer. You can go ahead and search me if you want.
  11. Empty.
    ''The cargo hold is clean.
    Mister, I want to see a clean dinner plate or there'll be no dessert for you.
  12. Having relatively few impurities.
    clean steel
  13. which doesn’t the
  14. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
    clean land; clean timber
  15. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
  16. Well-proportioned; shapely.
    clean limbs

Adverb

  1. Fully and completely.


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