clean

/kleːn/ · noun

Meaning

Removal of dirt.
The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
To remove dirt from a place or object.
To tidy up, make a place neat.
To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
To make things clean in general.
To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
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.
(heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
(heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
Smooth, exact, and performed well
Total; utter. (still in "clean sweep")
Cool or neat.
(health) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Fully and completely.

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