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

clean

60 4.5

Completely to show that an action is total

adverb
/klin/

Informal

: completamente

I clean forgot to send you the report yesterday.

Examples

I asked my pa about the Sin Eater and he clean knocked me off the porch.

The Last Sin Eater (2007)
Oh, I've clean forgotten.

The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Like just clean I there's not enough time.
You know, I fast clean, meaning I stick to plain coffee, black, no flavors, nothing added.
She completely clean missed her appointment this morning.
He had clean forgotten about the meeting until it was too late.

Synonyms

plumb

vsclean

Informal

10 7.3

Completely, used to make an idea stronger

is similar but appears with verbs like forget or miss to stress extent

plum

vsclean

Informal

7 9.9

Completely used in informal speech to emphasize something

is similar but more regional and less widely used in general speech

Idioms

clean bill of health

18 3.3

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

to wipe the slate clean

Informal

9 5.0

To start fresh by forgetting past mistakes and problems

to clean someone's clock

Informal

8 9.3

Beat someone badly in a game or fight

to make a clean breast of

1 7.5

To tell the whole truth about something wrong you did

to start with a clean sheet

Informal

1 4.4

Do something new and not worry about past mistakes

to show a clean pair of heels

1 8.3

Run away quickly to avoid danger or trouble

to keep one's nose clean

Informal

6.8

To avoid trouble and not attract bad attention

Compounds

clean water

48 1.0

Water that is safe to drink and use

clean slate

Informal

31 4.1

A chance to start again without being blamed for past mistakes

clean-cut

18 3.8

Having a neat, smart look and tidy clothes

clean break

Informal

15 3.9

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

clean-shaven

14 3.5

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

clean sweep

Informal

9 3.6

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

clean-living

8 3.7

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

clean room

Specialized

7 6.4

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

clean-burning

Specialized

4 5.3

Produces little smoke or ash when burned

clean code

Specialized

1 4.0

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

code clean

Specialized

1 5.8

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

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

immaculately clean

1 4.1

Very clean and tidy with no dirt or marks

clean bomb

Archaic

1 6.1

A nuclear bomb that produces very little radioactive fallout

clean-up event

1 3.4

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

clean-limbed

1 7.4

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

clean-timbered architecture

Specialized

8.0

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

clean-up event

Specialized

3.7

A scheduled task that deletes temporary files to free disk space

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 Complete

utterly

243 3.6

clean

Informal

60 4.5

mostly

∞ 1.0

partly

322 1.0

slightly

880 1.0

Surface Forms

clean positive

cleaner comparative

cleanest superlative

Etymology

Clean used as an adverb keeps the idea of 'completely free', so to say you clean forgot something is to say you forgot it completely.