clean

/klin/ v [I/T] (MAKE NOT DIRTY)

Definition

› to remove dirt or unwanted parts or pieces from something: [T] Saturday morning is our time to clean the house. [T] You should clean a wound immediately to avoid infection.

(Definition of clean v (MAKE NOT DIRTY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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clean out someone phrasal verb TAKE MONEY
clean out something phrasal verb MAKE NEAT
clean up something phrasal verb MAKE NEAT
clean up something phrasal verb REMOVE EVILS
clean up your act idiom
clean v MAKE NOT DIRTY
clean-cut adj
clean-shaven adj
cleaner n
cleanliness n
cleanse v

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clean adj NOT DIRTY
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clean out something phrasal verb MAKE NEAT
clean out someone phrasal verb TAKE MONEY
clean up something phrasal verb MAKE NEAT
clean up something phrasal verb REMOVE EVILS

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