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Clean (adjective)
Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
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Clean (adjective)
Not dirty.
“Are these dishes clean?”
“Your room is finally clean!”
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Clean (adjective)
In an unmarked condition.
“Put a clean sheet of paper into the printer.”
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Clean (adjective)
Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
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Clean (adjective)
Empty.
“The cargo hold is clean.”
“Mister, I want to see a clean dinner plate or there’ll be no dessert for you.”
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Clean (adjective)
Free of immorality or criminality.
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Clean (adjective)
Having relatively few impurities.
“clean steel”
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Clean (adjective)
Pure, especially morally or religiously.
“Our kids can watch this movie because it is clean.”
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Clean (adjective)
Not having used drugs or alcohol.
“I’ve been clean this time for eight months.”
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Clean (adjective)
Without restrictions or penalties, or someone having such a record.
“Unlike you, I’ve never caused any accidents — my record is still clean!”
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Clean (adjective)
Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
“I’m clean, officer. You can go ahead and search me if you want.”
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Clean (adjective)
Smooth, exact, and performed well.
“I’ll need a sharper knife to make clean cuts.”
“a clean leap over a fence”
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Clean (adjective)
Total; utter.
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Clean (adjective)
Cool or neat.
“Wow, Dude, those are some clean shoes ya got there!”
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Clean (adjective)
Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
“I want to make sure my fiancé is clean before we are married.”
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Clean (adjective)
That does not damage the environment.
“clean energy;”
“clean coal”
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Clean (adjective)
Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
“clean land;”
“clean timber”
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Clean (adjective)
Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
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Clean (adjective)
Well-proportioned; shapely.
“clean limbs”
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Clean (adjective)
Ascended without falling.
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Clean (noun)
Removal of dirt.
“This place needs a clean.”
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Clean (noun)
The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
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Clean (verb)
To remove dirt from a place or object.
“Can you clean the windows today?”
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Clean (verb)
To tidy up, make a place neat.
“Clean your room right now!”
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Clean (verb)
To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
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Clean (verb)
To make things clean in general.
“She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.”
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Clean (verb)
To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
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Clean (verb)
To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
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Clean (verb)
To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
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Clean (verb)
To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
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Clean (adverb)
Fully and completely.
“He was stabbed clean through.”
“You must be clean mad.”
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Neat (noun)
A bull or cow.
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Neat (noun)
Cattle collectively.
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Neat (noun)
An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
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Neat (adjective)
Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
“My room is neat because I tidied it this morning.”
“She has very neat hair.”
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Neat (adjective)
Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
“I like my whisky neat.”
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Neat (adjective)
Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
“The Arbuzov reaction is performed by adding the bromide to the phosphite, neat.”
“The molecular beam was neat acetylene.”
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Neat (adjective)
With all deductions or allowances made; net.
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Neat (adjective)
Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
“The front room was neat and carefully arranged for the guests.”
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Neat (adjective)
Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
“Having the two protagonists meet in the last act was a particularly neat touch.”
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Neat (adjective)
Good, excellent, desirable.
“Hey, neat convertible, man.”
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Clean (adjective)
free from dirt, marks, or stains
“keep the wound clean”
“the room was spotlessly clean”
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Clean (adjective)
having been washed since last worn or used
“a clean blouse”
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Clean (adjective)
(of paper) not yet marked by writing or drawing
“he copied the advert on to a clean sheet of paper”
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Clean (adjective)
(of a person) attentive to personal hygiene
“by nature he was clean and neat”
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Clean (adjective)
free from pollutants or unpleasant substances
“we will create a cleaner, safer environment”
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Clean (adjective)
relating to a diet consisting of unprocessed, unrefined, and nutrient-rich food, typically eaten as small meals throughout the day
“I’m amazed at how much energy clean eating gives me”
“you have to eat clean foods to change your physique”
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Clean (adjective)
free from or producing relatively little radioactive contamination.
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Clean (adjective)
(of timber) free from knots
“the forester and the sawyer reject timber that is not straight and clean”
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Clean (adjective)
morally uncontaminated; pure; innocent
“clean living”
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Clean (adjective)
not sexually offensive or obscene
“it’s all good clean fun”
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Clean (adjective)
showing or having no record of offences or crimes
“a clean driving licence is essential for the job”
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Clean (adjective)
played or done according to the rules
“we are not completely sure that the elections will be clean and fair”
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Clean (adjective)
not possessing or containing anything illegal, especially drugs or stolen goods
“I searched him and his luggage, and he was clean”
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Clean (adjective)
(of a person) not taking or having taken drugs or alcohol
“I had been here for only a fortnight and clean for three weeks”
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Clean (adjective)
free from ceremonial defilement, according to Mosaic Law or other religious codes.
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Clean (adjective)
free from irregularities; having a smooth edge or surface
“a clean fracture of the leg”
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Clean (adjective)
having a simple, well-defined, and pleasing shape
“the clean lines and pared-down planes of modernism”
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Clean (adjective)
(of an action) smoothly and skilfully done
“he took a clean catch”
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Clean (adjective)
(of a taste, sound, or smell) giving a clear and distinctive impression to the senses; sharp and fresh
“clean, fresh, natural flavours”
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Clean (adverb)
so as to be free from dirt, marks, or unwanted matter
“the room had been washed clean”
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Clean (adverb)
in a way that involves the consumption of unprocessed, unrefined, and nutrient-rich food
“plain oatmeal is a staple for anyone who’s eating clean”
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Clean (adverb)
used to emphasize the completeness of a reported action, condition, or experience
“he was knocked clean off his feet”
“I clean forgot her birthday”
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Clean (verb)
make clean; remove dirt, marks, or stains from
“clean your teeth properly after meals”
“I cleaned up my room”
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Clean (verb)
remove the innards of (fish or poultry) prior to cooking
“there are a variety of ways to cook the herring, but it must first be gutted and cleaned”
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Clean (noun)
an act of cleaning something
“he gave the room a clean”
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Neat (adjective)
arranged in a tidy way; in good order
“the books had been stacked up in neat piles”
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Neat (adjective)
(of a person) habitually tidy, smart, or well organized
“her daughter was always neat and clean”
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Neat (adjective)
having a pleasing appearance; well formed
“Alan noted down the orders in his neat, precise script”
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Neat (adjective)
done with or demonstrating skill or efficiency
“a neat bit of deduction”
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Neat (adjective)
tending to disregard specifics for the sake of convenience; facile
“this neat division does not take into account a host of associated factors”
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Neat (adjective)
(of liquid, especially spirits) not diluted or mixed with anything else
“he drank neat Scotch”
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Neat (adjective)
very good; excellent
“it was really neat seeing the city”
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Neat (noun)
a bovine animal.
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Neat (noun)
cattle.