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Noun: cleaner kleenu(r)- A preparation used in cleaning something
- cleansing agent, cleanser - The operator of dry-cleaning establishment
- dry cleaner - Someone whose occupation is cleaning
Adjective: clean (cleaner,cleanest) kleen- Free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
"children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals" - Free of restrictions or qualifications
"a clean bill of health" - clear - (of sound or colour) free from anything that dulls or dims
"efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings" - clear, light, unclouded - Free from impurities
"clean water" - fresh - (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offence
"a clean voting record"; "a clean driver's licence" - Ritually clean or pure
- Not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
"a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean" - uncontaminating - (of behaviour or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
"good clean fun"; "a clean joke" - unobjectionable - Free from sepsis or infection
"a clean wound" - uninfected - Morally pure
"led a clean life" - clean-living - (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
"a clean manuscript" - fair - (of a surface) not written or printed on
"a clean page" - blank, white - Exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
"a clean fight" - sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike - Without difficulties or problems
"a clean test flight" - Thorough and without qualification
"a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break" - Not carrying concealed weapons
- Free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
"he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw" - neat - Free of drugs
"after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years"
Derived forms: cleaners See also: adroit, antiseptic, clean, cleanable, cleanly, cleanness, complete, cosher, decent, dry-cleaned, easy, empty, fair, fresh, halal, immaculate, just, kosher, legible, moral, perfect, pristine, pure, scrubbed, speckless, spic, spic-and-span, spick, spick-and-span, spotless, tidy, unaddicted, unarmed, unqualified, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, unused, washed, water-washed Type of: formulation, jack, laborer [US], labourer [Brit, Cdn], manual laborer [US], manual labourer [Brit, Cdn], market keeper, preparation, shopkeeper, storekeeper [N. Amer], tradesman Antonym: dirty, unclean Encyclopedia: Clean Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Clean, Shaven Cleaner Cleaner, Lubricant, Preservative |