noun
- Removal of dirt.
- The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
verb
- 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.
- To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
- To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
adjective
- (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).
- That does not damage the environment.
- Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
- Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
- Well-proportioned; shapely.
- (of a route) Ascended without falling.
Synonyms: clean
adverb
- Fully and completely.
Pronunciation
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