Definition of clean

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Clean (superl.) Free from ceremonial defilement.

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Soap :: Soap (n.) A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not..
Adarce :: Adarce (n.) A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy..
Dentifrice :: Dentifrice (n.) A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth; tooth powder.
Unclean :: Unclean (a.) Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.
Gier-eagle :: Gier-eagle (n.) A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)..
Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver..
Filter :: Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..
Clean :: Clean (superl.) Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style..
Cleanly :: Cleanly (superl.) Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful.
Card :: Card (n.) An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; -- usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back..
Pipe Clay :: Pipe clay () A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments..
Ceremonially :: Ceremonially (adv.) According to rites and ceremonies; as, a person ceremonially unclean..
Cleanlily :: Cleanlily (adv.) In a cleanly manner.
Detersiveness :: Detersiveness (n.) The quality of cleansing.
Water-closet :: Water-closet (n.) A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it..
Blow-out :: Blow-out (n.) The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam..
Penwiper :: Penwiper (n.) A cloth, or other material, for wiping off or cleaning ink from a pen..
Hoe :: Hoe (v. t.) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn..
Comb :: Comb (n.) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc..
Flax :: Flax (n.) The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing..
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