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🧼 To remove dirt 🧼 Not dirty ✅ No problems 📦 To empty 🚭 No drugs 😇 Not offensive 💸 To take all money ✂️ Complete change 🎯 Perfect action 🛂 No weapons 🕊️ Ritually pure 🏋️ Weightlifting move 🧹 Completely
clean

clean

10 7.0
Free from things seen as wrong by religion
  • adjective
  • /klin/
translation icon : ritualmente puro
  • Because the komi pee is imbued with immense religious significance, one has to be ritually clean to wear it.
  • ritually clean
  • clean and unclean
  • clean and unclean foods

Examples

  • "I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean.

    The Exorcist: Believer (2023)

  • And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean.

    Inherit the Wind (1960)

  • The women will take this woman and make her clean for the feast.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.

    The Lion of Judah (2011)

  • The Jewish authorities did not go inside the palace... for they wanted to keep themselves ritually clean... in order to be able to eat the Passover meal.

    The Gospel of John (2003)

  • The ICRC is distributing aid to 80,000 refugees and improving access to clean water.

    Blog text (30)

  • The priest declared that only the clean animals could be offered in sacrifice.

  • According to the old tradition, a clean person is expected to participate in the ceremony.

  • Preparing for the ritual means ensuring that all items are clean and ready for use.

Synonyms

pure
vsclean
212 1.4

Morally good and not involved in sexual activity

is about ritual fitness rather than moral goodness
pristine
vsclean
63 5.1

Very clean and fresh, like new

applies to ritual freedom rather than newness or unused state
immaculate
vsclean
36 5.9

Completely clean and neat with no marks or stains

is about ritual fitness rather than perfect physical state
unsullied
vsclean
5 7.0

Completely clean and not spoiled or stained

is about being free from anything regarded as ritually unfit
immaculately clean
vsclean
1 4.1

Very clean and tidy with no dirt or marks

focuses on ritual fitness rather than very tidy appearance

Antonyms

unclean
  • Literature
28 5.5

Not pure according to religious or ceremonial rules

impure
2 4.2

Containing other unwanted substances so it is not clean

Idioms

clean bill of health
18 3.3

An official statement that a person or thing is healthy and has no serious problems

to keep one's nose clean
  • Informal
11 6.8

To avoid trouble and not attract bad attention

to wipe the slate clean
  • Informal
8 5.0

To start fresh by forgetting past mistakes and problems

to make a clean breast of
1 7.5

To tell the whole truth about something wrong you did

to clean someone's clock
  • Informal
9.3

Beat someone badly in a game or fight

to show a clean pair of heels
  • UK
8.3

Run away quickly to avoid danger or trouble

to start with a clean sheet
  • Informal
4.4

Do something new and not worry about past mistakes

Compounds

clean water
42 1.0

Water that is safe to drink and use

clean slate
  • Informal
21 4.1

A chance to start again without being blamed for past mistakes

clean-cut
13 3.8

Having a neat, smart look and tidy clothes

clean break
  • Informal
12 3.9

A complete ending of a relationship or old life to start fresh

clean-shaven
12 3.5

A person with no hair on the face, like on the chin and cheeks

clean sweep
  • Informal
5 3.6

A full success when someone wins everything or makes a complete change

clean room
  • Specialized
5 6.4

A room where people keep the air and surfaces very clean for making microchips and other sensitive equipment

clean-living
3 3.7

Living in a morally careful way and avoiding drinking, smoking, and drugs

clean-burning
  • Specialized
1 5.3

Produces little smoke or ash when burned

clean and jerk
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A weightlifting move where you lift a heavy bar to your shoulders then push it above your head

clean code
  • Specialized
1 4.0

Clear, well organized computer instructions that are easy to read and change

immaculately clean
1 4.1

Very clean and tidy with no dirt or marks

clean bomb
  • Archaic
6.1

A nuclear bomb that produces very little radioactive fallout

clean-timbered architecture
  • Specialized
8.0

A style of building with simple straight lines and visible wood parts

clean-up event
3.4

An organized activity where people pick up litter in a public place

clean-up event
  • Specialized
3.7

A scheduled task that deletes temporary files to free disk space

clean-limbed
7.4

Having well-shaped arms and legs that look strong and graceful

code clean
  • Specialized
5.8

Source code written clearly so other programmers can read and change it

laminar flow clean room
  • Specialized
7.2

A clean room where air moves in smooth parallel layers to keep tiny particles away during work like making microchips

How Pure

consecrated
  • Formal
7.6
pure
390 1.0
clean
10 7.0
unclean
  • Literature
28 5.5
impure
2 4.2

Surface Forms

clean positive
cleaner comparative
cleanest superlative

Etymology

Clean comes from old English clæne, meaning 'pure', so in religion a clean person or thing is ritually pure and allowed to join sacred acts.