Clean

Quick meaning: Clean is an adjective meaning Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.

Meaning

Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.

More Meanings

1. Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.
2. Free of imperfections, blemishes, or defects.
3. Free of immorality or criminality.
4. Free of infiltration by covert listening or recording devices (bugs), enemy spies, etc.
5. Smooth, exact, and performed well.
6. That does not damage the environment (as much as some alternative).

Example Sentences

We are currently clean on OPSEC.

Insert a clean swab into your nose.

Very fine, well-sorted, clean sand with no shells.

Are these dishes clean? Your room is finally clean! For a baby, happiness is a full bottle and a clean diaper.

Word Forms

• cleaner
• cleanest
• cleans
• cleaning
• cleaned

Synonyms for clean

Depending on context, synonyms include immaculate, pristine, spick-and-span, spotless, stainless, unsoiled.

Antonyms for clean

Common opposites include dirty, unclean, soil, soiled, colly, bemire.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spotless, speckless, immaculate, unsoiled, pristine, pure.

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