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How to pronounce clean in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms make clean
Type of modify, alter, change
Has types scavenge, do the dishes, disinfect, steam, steam clean, sweep, vacuum, vacuum-clean, brush, wash, bream, wash up, hygienize, hygienise, launder, hoover, dust, dry clean, pipe-clay, plume, preen, sanitise, sanitize
Verb group clean house, houseclean
Derivation cleaner, cleaning


The dentist cleaned my teeth.
Type Words
Synonyms clear


a clean bill of health.
Type Words
Synonyms neat


he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek.
a clean throw.
Type Words
Synonyms fair


a clean manuscript.
Type Words
Synonyms cleanse
Type of groom, neaten
Has types lave, bathe, wash, decontaminate, soap, douche, floss, lather
Derivation cleaning


clean up before you see your grandparents.
clean your fingernails before dinner.
Type Words
Synonyms uncontaminating
Derivation cleanness


a clean fuel.
cleaner and more efficient engines.
the tactical bomb is reasonably clean.
Type Words
Synonyms plum, plumb


clean forgot the appointment.
Type Words
Synonyms sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty
Derivation cleanness


a clean fight.
Type Words
Synonyms pick
Type of withdraw, take away, take, remove
Type Words
Synonyms clean and jerk
Type of weightlift, weightlifting
Type Words
Synonyms unobjectionable


good clean fun.
a clean joke.
Type Words
Synonyms blank, white


a clean page.
Type Words
Synonyms clean-living
Derivation cleanness


led a clean life.
Type Words
Synonyms fresh
Derivation cleanness


clean water.
Type Words
Synonyms clear, light, unclouded


efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings.
Type Words
Synonyms scavenge
Type of take away, take, withdraw, remove
Derivation cleaning
Type Words
Synonyms clean house, houseclean
Type of tidy up, tidy, neaten, clean up, square away, straighten, straighten out
Has types spring-clean, gi, g.i.
Verb group make clean
Derivation cleaner, cleaning


She housecleans every week.
Type Words
Synonyms uninfected
Derivation cleanness


a clean (or uninfected) wound.
Type Words
Synonyms strip
Type of withdraw, take, take away, remove


The boys cleaned the sandwich platters.
The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm.
Type Words
Synonyms fair, fairly
Type Words
Type of be
Verb group make clean
Derivation cleaning


This stove cleans easily.
Type Words
Type of strip, deprive, divest


The other players cleaned him completely.
Type Words
Derivation cleanness


children with clean shining faces.
clean white shirts.
clean dishes.
a spotlessly clean house.
cats are clean animals.
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after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years.
Type Words
Type Words


a clean voting record.
a clean driver's license.
Type Words
Type of take, withdraw, remove, take away


clean grain before milling it.
Type Words
Type of remove, take, take away, withdraw
Verb group houseclean, clean house
Derivation cleaning
Type Words
Type Words


a clean getaway.
a clean sweep.
a clean break.
Type Words


a clean test flight.

Examples of clean

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Then I still can manipulate the items through the bag to tap and clean them out.
From the dailyherald.com
If you paint it, you probably can clean it, use primer and then paint over them.
From the dailyherald.com
Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.
From the stltoday.com
Bake about 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
From the stltoday.com
Bake about 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
From the stltoday.com
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
From the stltoday.com
Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
From the stltoday.com
Each month a huge machine rumbles past my house, supposedly to clean my streets.
From the sacbee.com
I've got a lot more energy to pick up my little boy, go home and cook and clean.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"
  • Free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"
  • Clean and jerk: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
  • Completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
  • Free of restrictions or qualifications; "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner"
  • Fairly: in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly"
  • Clean is a 2004 film directed by French director Olivier Assayas, starring Nick Nolte and Maggie Cheung. It was jointly funded by Canada, France, and United Kingdom sources.
  • Clean is the second full-length studio album from industrial band Deitiphobia, released in 1994 by Myx Records. It is the earliest Deitiphobia album not to feature Brent Stackhouse, who left in 1992, and was also the band's debut for the Myx label. ...
  • In computer science, Clean is a general-purpose purely functional computer programming language.