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CLEAN, a. In a general sense, free from extraneous matter, or whatever is injurious or offensive; hence its signification depends on the nature and qualities of the substances to which it is applied.

1. Free from dirt, or other foul matter; as clean water; a clean cup; a clean floor.

2. Free from weeds or stones; as clean land; a clean garden or field.

3. Free from knots or branches; as clean timber. In America, clear is generally used.

4. Free from moral impurity; innocent.

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Job 14. Acts 18.

5. Free from ceremonial defilement. Lev. 10; Numb. 19.

6. Free from guilt; sanctified; holy. John 13. Ps 51.

7. That might be eaten by the Hebrews. Gen. 7; Gen. 8.

8. That might be used. Luke 11.

9. Free from a foul disease; cured of leprosy. 2 Kings 5. Math. 8.

10. Dextrous; adroit; not bungling; free from awkwardness; as a clean feat; a clean boxer.

11. Free from infection; as a clean ship. A clean bill of health is a certificate that a ship is clean, or free from infection.

CLEAN, adv.

1. Quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely; fully; indicating separation or complete removal of every part. The people passed clean over Jordan. Josh. 3. Is his mercy clean gone forever? Ps. 77. This use of clean is not now elegant, and not used except in vulgar language.

2. Without miscarriage; dextrously.

Pope came off clean with Homer.

CLEAN, v.t. To remove all foreign matter from; to separate from any thing whatever is extraneous to it, or whatever is foul, noxious, or offensive, as dirt or filth from the hands, body or clothes, foul matter from a vessel, weeds, shrubs and stones from a meadow; to purify. Thus, a house is cleaned by sweeping and washing; a field is cleaned by plowing and hoeing.




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CLEAN, a. In a general sense, free from extraneous matter, or whatever is injurious or offensive; hence its signification depends on the nature and qualities of the substances to which it is applied.

1. Free from dirt, or other foul matter; as clean water; a clean cup; a clean floor.

2. Free from weeds or stones; as clean land; a clean garden or field.

3. Free from knots or branches; as clean timber. In America, clear is generally used.

4. Free from moral impurity; innocent.

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Job 14. Acts 18.

5. Free from ceremonial defilement. Lev. 10; Numb. 19.

6. Free from guilt; sanctified; holy. John 13. Ps 51.

7. That might be eaten by the Hebrews. Gen. 7; Gen. 8.

8. That might be used. Luke 11.

9. Free from a foul disease; cured of leprosy. 2 Kings 5. Math. 8.

10. Dextrous; adroit; not bungling; free from awkwardness; as a clean feat; a clean boxer.

11. Free from infection; as a clean ship. A clean bill of health is a certificate that a ship is clean, or free from infection.

CLEAN, adv.

1. Quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely; fully; indicating separation or complete removal of every part. The people passed clean over Jordan. Josh. 3. Is his mercy clean gone forever? Ps. 77. This use of clean is not now elegant, and not used except in vulgar language.

2. Without miscarriage; dextrously.

Pope came off clean with Homer.

CLEAN, v.t. To remove all foreign matter from; to separate from any thing whatever is extraneous to it, or whatever is foul, noxious, or offensive, as dirt or filth from the hands, body or clothes, foul matter from a vessel, weeds, shrubs and stones from a meadow; to purify. Thus, a house is cleaned by sweeping and washing; a field is cleaned by plowing and hoeing.


CLEAN, a. [Sax. clæne; W. glan or glain; Ir. glan; Arm. glan. The primary sense seems to be, to open or to remove, to separate. In a general sense, free from extraneous matter, or whatever is injurious or offensive: hence its signification depends on the nature and qualities of the substances to which it is applied.]

  1. Free from dirt, or other foul matter; as, clean water; a clean cup; a clean floor.
  2. Free from weeds or stones; as, clean land; a clean garden or field.
  3. Free from knots or branches; as, clean timber. In America, clear is generally used.
  4. Free from moral impurity; innocent. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? – Job xiv. Acts xviii.
  5. Free from ceremonial defilement. – Lev. x. Numb. xix.
  6. Free from guilt; sanctified; holy. – John xiii. Ps. li.
  7. That might be eaten by the Hebrews. – Gen. vii. viii.
  8. That might be used. – Luke xi.
  9. Free from a foul disease; cured of leprosy. – 2 Kings v. Matth. viii.
  10. Dextrous; adroit; not bungling; free from awkwardness; as, a clean feat; a clean boxer.
  11. Free from infection; as, a clean ship. A clean bill of health is a certificate that a ship is clean, or free from infection.

CLEAN, adv.

  1. Quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely; fully; indicating separation or complete removal of every part. “The people passed clean over Jordan.” Josh. iii. “Is his mercy clean gone forever?” – Ps. lxxvii. This use of clean is not now elegant, and not used except in vulgar language.
  2. Without miscarriage; dextrously. Pope came off clean with Homer. – Henley.

CLEAN, v.t. [Sax. clænan; W. glanau. See the Adjective.]

To remove all foreign matter from; to separate from any thing whatever is extraneous to it, or whatever is foul, noxious, or offensive, as dirt or filth from the hands, body or clothes, foul matter from a vessel, weeds, shrubs and stones from a meadow; to purify. Thus a house is cleaned by sweeping and washing; a field is cleaned by plowing and hoeing.


Clean
  1. Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.
  2. Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely.

    "Domestic broils clean overblown." Shak.

    "Clean contrary." Milton.

    All the people were passed clean over Jordan.
    Josh. iii. 17.

  3. To render clean] to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.

    To clean out, to exhaust; to empty; to get away from (one) all his money. [Colloq.] De Quincey.

  4. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.
  5. Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously.

    [Obs.] "Pope came off clean with Homer." Henley.
  6. Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, a clean trick; a clean leap over a fence.
  7. Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.
  8. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.

    When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of corners of thy field.
    Lev. xxiii. 22.

  9. Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.

    Create in me a clean heart, O God.
    Ps. li. 10

    That I am whole, and clean, and meet for Heaven
    Tennyson.

  10. Free from ceremonial defilement.
  11. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy.

    "Lothair is clean." F. Harrison.
  12. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.

    A clean bill of health, a certificate from the proper authority that a ship is free from infection. -- Clean breach. See under Breach, n., 4. -- To make a clean breast. See under Breast.

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Clean

CLEAN, adjective In a general sense, free from extraneous matter, or whatever is injurious or offensive; hence its signification depends on the nature and qualities of the substances to which it is applied.

1. Free from dirt, or other foul matter; as clean water; a clean cup; a clean floor.

2. Free from weeds or stones; as clean land; a clean garden or field.

3. Free from knots or branches; as clean timber. In America, clear is generally used.

4. Free from moral impurity; innocent.

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Job 14:4. Acts 18:6.

5. Free from ceremonial defilement. Leviticus 10:10; Numbers 19:9.

6. Free from guilt; sanctified; holy. John 13:10. Psalms 51:7.

7. That might be eaten by the Hebrews. Genesis 7:2; Genesis 8:20.

8. That might be used. Luke 11:39.

9. Free from a foul disease; cured of leprosy. 2 Kings 5:10. Math. 8.

10. Dextrous; adroit; not bungling; free from awkwardness; as a clean feat; a clean boxer.

11. Free from infection; as a clean ship. A clean bill of health is a certificate that a ship is clean or free from infection.

CLEAN, adverb

1. Quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely; fully; indicating separation or complete removal of every part. The people passed clean over Jordan. Joshua 3:17. Is his mercy clean gone forever? Psalms 77:8. This use of clean is not now elegant, and not used except in vulgar language.

2. Without miscarriage; dextrously.

Pope came off clean with Homer.

CLEAN, verb transitive To remove all foreign matter from; to separate from any thing whatever is extraneous to it, or whatever is foul, noxious, or offensive, as dirt or filth from the hands, body or clothes, foul matter from a vessel, weeds, shrubs and stones from a meadow; to purify. Thus, a house is cleaned by sweeping and washing; a field is cleaned by plowing and hoeing.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

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He believes himself a man of importance.

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