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Results for: "clean"

Translating from English to French

Translations:

clean — not dirty
→ propre
→ net
→ pur
clean — to remove dirt from a place or object
→ nettoyer
→ poutzer
clean — to tidy up
→ ranger
→ nettoyer

More translations:

clean
→ nettoyer
clean
→ astiquer
clean
→ ramoner
clean
→ pur
clean
→ nettoyage
clean
→ se nettoyer
clean
→ propre
clean
→ net
clean
→ impeccable
clean
→ purement
clean
→ faire nettoyage
clean
→ kascher
clean
→ kasher
clean
→ pure
clean
→ purifier
clean
→ sanitaire
clean
→ sans obstacles
clean
→ vider
clean
→ éplucher

Reverse Translations (French to English):

clean
→ arranged (Slang)

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (1)

1. a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead;
[syn: clean and jerk, clean]


VERB (10)

1. make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from;
- Example: "Clean the stove!"
- Example: "The dentist cleaned my teeth"
[syn: clean, make clean]

2. remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits;
- Example: "Clean the turkey"
[syn: clean, pick]

3. clean and tidy up the house;
- Example: "She housecleans every week"
[syn: houseclean, clean house, clean]

4. clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing;
- Example: "clean up before you see your grandparents"
- Example: "clean your fingernails before dinner"
[syn: cleanse, clean]

5. be cleanable;
- Example: "This stove cleans easily"

6. deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.;
- Example: "The other players cleaned him completely"

7. remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely;
- Example: "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"
- Example: "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"
[syn: clean, strip]

8. remove while making clean;
- Example: "Clean the spots off the rug"

9. remove unwanted substances from;
[syn: scavenge, clean]

10. remove shells or husks from;
- Example: "clean grain before milling it"


ADJECTIVE (18)

1. free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits;
- Example: "children with clean shining faces"
- Example: "clean white shirts"
- Example: "clean dishes"
- Example: "a spotlessly clean house"
- Example: "cats are clean animals"

2. free of restrictions or qualifications;
- Example: "a clean bill of health"
- Example: "a clear winner"
[syn: clean, clear]

3. (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims;
- Example: "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"
- Example: "clear laughter like a waterfall"
- Example: "clear reds and blues"
- Example: "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"
[syn: clean, clear, light, unclouded]

4. free from impurities;
- Example: "clean water"
- Example: "fresh air"
[syn: clean, fresh]

5. (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense;
- Example: "a clean voting record"
- Example: "a clean driver's license"

6. ritually clean or pure;

7. not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination;
- Example: "a clean fuel"
- Example: "cleaner and more efficient engines"
- Example: "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean"
[syn: clean, uncontaminating]

8. (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers;
- Example: "good clean fun"
- Example: "a clean joke"
[syn: clean, unobjectionable]

9. free from sepsis or infection;
- Example: "a clean (or uninfected) wound"
[syn: uninfected, clean]

10. morally pure;
- Example: "led a clean life"
[syn: clean, clean-living]

11. (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections;
- Example: "fair copy"
- Example: "a clean manuscript"
[syn: clean, fair]

12. (of a surface) not written or printed on;
- Example: "blank pages"
- Example: "fill in the blank spaces"
- Example: "a clean page"
- Example: "wide white margins"
[syn: blank, clean, white]

13. exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play;
- Example: "a clean fight"
- Example: "a sporting solution of the disagreement"
- Example: "sportsmanlike conduct"
[syn: clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike]

14. without difficulties or problems;
- Example: "a clean test flight"

15. thorough and without qualification;
- Example: "a clean getaway"
- Example: "a clean sweep"
- Example: "a clean break"

16. not carrying concealed weapons;

17. free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed;
- Example: "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"
- Example: "a clean throw"
- Example: "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"
[syn: clean, neat]

18. free of drugs;
- Example: "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years"


ADVERB (2)

1. completely; used as intensifiers;
- Example: "clean forgot the appointment"
- Example: "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
[syn: clean, plumb, plum]

2. in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating;
- Example: "they played fairly"
[syn: fairly, fair, clean]