Thesaurus: clean

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1. superl. Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.
2. superl. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.
3. superl. Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence.
4. superl. Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.
5. superl. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
6. superl. Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.
7. superl. Free from ceremonial defilement.
8. superl. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy.
9. superl. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.
10. adv. Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely.
11. adv. Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously.
12. a. To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.