Clean (adjective)
Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
Clean (adjective)
Not dirty.
“Are these dishes clean?”
“Your room is finally clean!”
Clean (adjective)
In an unmarked condition.
“Put a clean sheet of paper into the printer.”
Clean (adjective)
Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
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.”
Clean (adjective)
Free of immorality or criminality.
Clean (adjective)
Having relatively few impurities.
“clean steel”
Clean (adjective)
Pure, especially morally or religiously.
“Our kids can watch this movie because it is clean.”
Clean (adjective)
Not having used drugs or alcohol.
“I’ve been clean this time for eight months.”
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!”
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.”
Clean (adjective)
Smooth, exact, and performed well.
“I’ll need a sharper knife to make clean cuts.”
“a clean leap over a fence”
Clean (adjective)
Total; utter.
Clean (adjective)
Cool or neat.
“Wow, Dude, those are some clean shoes ya got there!”
Clean (adjective)
Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
“I want to make sure my fiancé is clean before we are married.”
Clean (adjective)
That does not damage the environment.
“clean energy;”
“clean coal”
Clean (adjective)
Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
“clean land;”
“clean timber”
Clean (adjective)
Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
Clean (adjective)
Well-proportioned; shapely.
“clean limbs”
Clean (adjective)
Ascended without falling.
Clean (noun)
Removal of dirt.
“This place needs a clean.”
Clean (noun)
The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
Clean (verb)
To remove dirt from a place or object.
“Can you clean the windows today?”
Clean (verb)
To tidy up, make a place neat.
“Clean your room right now!”
Clean (verb)
To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
Clean (verb)
To make things clean in general.
“She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.”
Clean (verb)
To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
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.
Clean (verb)
To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
Clean (verb)
To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
Clean (adverb)
Fully and completely.
“He was stabbed clean through.”
“You must be clean mad.”
Neat (noun)
A bull or cow.
Neat (noun)
Cattle collectively.
Neat (noun)
An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
Neat (adjective)
Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
“My room is neat because I tidied it this morning.”
“She has very neat hair.”
Neat (adjective)
Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
“I like my whisky neat.”
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.”
Neat (adjective)
With all deductions or allowances made; net.
Neat (adjective)
Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
“The front room was neat and carefully arranged for the guests.”
Neat (adjective)
Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
“Having the two protagonists meet in the last act was a particularly neat touch.”
Neat (adjective)
Good, excellent, desirable.
“Hey, neat convertible, man.”
Clean (adjective)
free from dirt, marks, or stains
“keep the wound clean”
“the room was spotlessly clean”
Clean (adjective)
having been washed since last worn or used
“a clean blouse”
Clean (adjective)
(of paper) not yet marked by writing or drawing
“he copied the advert on to a clean sheet of paper”
Clean (adjective)
(of a person) attentive to personal hygiene
“by nature he was clean and neat”
Clean (adjective)
free from pollutants or unpleasant substances
“we will create a cleaner, safer environment”
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”
Clean (adjective)
free from or producing relatively little radioactive contamination.
Clean (adjective)
(of timber) free from knots
“the forester and the sawyer reject timber that is not straight and clean”
Clean (adjective)
morally uncontaminated; pure; innocent
“clean living”
Clean (adjective)
not sexually offensive or obscene
“it’s all good clean fun”
Clean (adjective)
showing or having no record of offences or crimes
“a clean driving licence is essential for the job”
Clean (adjective)
played or done according to the rules
“we are not completely sure that the elections will be clean and fair”
Clean (adjective)
not possessing or containing anything illegal, especially drugs or stolen goods
“I searched him and his luggage, and he was clean”
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”
Clean (adjective)
free from ceremonial defilement, according to Mosaic Law or other religious codes.
Clean (adjective)
free from irregularities; having a smooth edge or surface
“a clean fracture of the leg”
Clean (adjective)
having a simple, well-defined, and pleasing shape
“the clean lines and pared-down planes of modernism”
Clean (adjective)
(of an action) smoothly and skilfully done
“he took a clean catch”
Clean (adjective)
(of a taste, sound, or smell) giving a clear and distinctive impression to the senses; sharp and fresh
“clean, fresh, natural flavours”
Clean (adverb)
so as to be free from dirt, marks, or unwanted matter
“the room had been washed clean”
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”
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”
Clean (verb)
make clean; remove dirt, marks, or stains from
“clean your teeth properly after meals”
“I cleaned up my room”
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”
Clean (noun)
an act of cleaning something
“he gave the room a clean”
Neat (adjective)
arranged in a tidy way; in good order
“the books had been stacked up in neat piles”
Neat (adjective)
(of a person) habitually tidy, smart, or well organized
“her daughter was always neat and clean”
Neat (adjective)
having a pleasing appearance; well formed
“Alan noted down the orders in his neat, precise script”
Neat (adjective)
done with or demonstrating skill or efficiency
“a neat bit of deduction”
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”
Neat (adjective)
(of liquid, especially spirits) not diluted or mixed with anything else
“he drank neat Scotch”
Neat (adjective)
very good; excellent
“it was really neat seeing the city”
Neat (noun)
a bovine animal.
Neat (noun)
cattle.