Definition of clean

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Clean (a.) To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse..

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Police :: Police (n.) A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough..
Hairbrush :: Hairbrush (n.) A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.
Cleanly :: Cleanly (adv.) Adroitly; dexterously.
Sheer :: Sheer (adv.) Clean; quite; at once.
Backwash :: Backwash (v. i.) To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.
Detersive :: Detersive (n.) A cleansing agent; a detergent.
Mundatory :: Mundatory (a.) Cleansing; having power to cleanse.
Cleanly :: Cleanly (superl.) Habitually clean; pure; innocent.
Clean :: Clean (superl.) Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber..
Sweepstakes :: Sweepstake (n.) A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep.
Depurate :: Depurate (v. t.) To free from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence; to purify; to cleanse..
Nailbrush :: Nailbrush (n.) A brush for cleaning the nails.
Clysmic :: Clysmic (a.) Washing; cleansing.
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..
Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface..
Dipping :: Dipping (n.) The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc..
Crown :: Crown (n.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure..
Clean-limbed :: Clean-limbed (a.) With well-proportioned, unblemished limbs; as, a clean-limbed young fellow..
Purging :: Purging (a.) That purges; cleansing.
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