clean

clean is a 5-letter English word with 43 senses as adverb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 43 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.
2. superlative. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.
3. superlative. Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence.
4. superlative. Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.
5. superlative. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
6. superlative. Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.
7. superlative. Free from ceremonial defilement.
8. superlative. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy.
9. superlative. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.
10. adverb. Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely.
11. adverb. Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously.
12. adjective. To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.
13. noun. a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
14. verb. clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing

    "clean up before you see your grandparents"

    "clean your fingernails before dinner"

    Synonyms: cleanse

15. verb. remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

    "Clean the turkey"

    Synonyms: pick

16. verb. remove shells or husks from

    "clean grain before milling it"

17. verb. remove unwanted substances from

    Synonyms: scavenge

18. verb. remove while making clean

    "Clean the spots off the rug"

19. verb. make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from

    "Clean the stove!"

    "The dentist cleaned my teeth"

20. verb. clean and tidy up the house

    "She housecleans every week"

    Synonyms: houseclean

21. verb. remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely

    "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"

    "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"

    Synonyms: strip

22. verb. deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.

    "The other players cleaned him completely"

23. verb. be cleanable

    "This stove cleans easily"

24. adjective. free of drugs

    "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years"

25. adjective. free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed

    "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"

    "a clean throw"

    Synonyms: neat

26. adjective. not carrying concealed weapons
27. adjective. free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits

    "children with clean shining faces"

    "clean white shirts"

28. adjective. (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers

    "good clean fun"

    "a clean joke"

    Synonyms: unobjectionable

29. adjective. not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination

    "a clean fuel"

    "cleaner and more efficient engines"

    Synonyms: uncontaminating

30. adjective. ritually clean or pure
31. adjective. thorough and without qualification

    "a clean getaway"

    "a clean sweep"

32. adjective. without difficulties or problems

    "a clean test flight"

33. adjective. exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play

    "a clean fight"

    "a sporting solution of the disagreement"

    Synonyms: sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty

34. adjective. (of a surface) not written or printed on

    "blank pages"

    "fill in the blank spaces"

    Synonyms: blank, white

35. adjective. (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections

    "fair copy"

    "a clean manuscript"

    Synonyms: fair

36. adjective. morally pure

    "led a clean life"

37. adjective. (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense

    "a clean voting record"

    "a clean driver's license"

38. adjective. free from impurities

    "clean water"

    "fresh air"

    Synonyms: fresh

39. adjective. (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims

    "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"

    "clear laughter like a waterfall"

    Synonyms: clear, light, unclouded

40. adjective. free of restrictions or qualifications

    "a clean bill of health"

    "a clear winner"

    Synonyms: clear

41. adjective. free from sepsis or infection

    "a clean (or uninfected) wound"

    Synonyms: uninfected

42. adverb. completely; used as intensifiers

    "clean forgot the appointment"

    "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"

    Synonyms: plum, plumb

43. adverb. in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating

    "they played fairly"

    Synonyms: fair, fairly

Synonyms

cleanse, pick, scavenge, houseclean, strip, neat, unobjectionable, uncontaminating, sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty, blank, white, fair, fresh, clear, light, unclouded, uninfected, plum, plumb, fairly

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in clean:

ancle, canel, lance, lenca

Common word forms

cleans, cleaned, cleaner, cleanly, cleanest, cleaning, cleanable, cleanness

Words from these letters

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