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Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled.
(adjective)
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Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated: clean air; clean drinking water.
(adjective)
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Not infected: a clean wound.
(adjective)
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Producing relatively little pollution: a clean fuel; a cleaner, more efficient engine.
(adjective)
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Producing relatively little radioactive fallout or contamination: a clean nuclear bomb.
(adjective)
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Without dirt or other impurities; unsoiled
(adjective)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Without anything in it or on it
(adjective)
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Recently washed; fresh
(adjective)
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Without extraneous or foreign materials
(adjective)
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Without defect, difficulties, or problems
(adjective)
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(of a nuclear weapon) producing little or no radioactive fallout or contamination
(adjective)
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Uncontaminated
(adjective)
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(of a wound, etc) having no pus or other sign of infection
(adjective)
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Pure; morally sound
(adjective)
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Without objectionable language or obscenity
(adjective)
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(of printer's proofs, etc) relatively free from errors; easily readable
(adjective)
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Thorough or complete
(adjective)
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Dexterous or adroit
(adjective)
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Played fairly and without fouls
(adjective)
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Simple in design
(adjective)
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Causing little turbulence; streamlined
(adjective)
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(of an aircraft) having no projections, such as rockets, flaps, etc, into the airstream
(adjective)
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Honourable or respectable
(adjective)
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Habitually neat
(adjective)
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(esp of a driving licence) showing or having no record of offences
(adjective)
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Innocent; not guilty
(adjective)
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Not carrying illegal drugs, weapons, etc
(adjective)
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Having its bottom clean
(adjective)
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Having a satisfactory bill of health
(adjective)
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(of persons) free from ceremonial defilement
(adjective)
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(of animals, birds, and fish) lawful to eat
(adjective)
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Morally and spiritually pure
(adjective)
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To make or become free of dirt, filth, etc
(verb)
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To remove in making clean
(verb)
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To prepare (fish, poultry, etc) for cooking
(verb)
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In a clean way; cleanly
(adverb)
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(intensifier)
(adverb)
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The act or an instance of cleaning
(noun)
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