a. [ Compar. Cleaner superl. Cleanest. ] [ OE. clene, AS. cl&aemacr_;ne; akin to OHG. chleini pure, neat, graceful, small, G. klein small, and perh. to W. glan clean, pure, bright; all perh. from a primitive, meaning bright, shining. Cf. Glair. ] 1. Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, a clean trick; a clean leap over a fence. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire. [ 1913 Webster ]

When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of corners of thy field. Lev. xxiii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Ps. li. 10 [ 1913 Webster ]

That I am whole, and clean, and meet for Heaven Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Script.) Free from ceremonial defilement. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy. “Lothair is clean.” F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cleaned p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaning. ] [ See Clean, a., and cf. Cleanse. ] To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse. [ 1913 Webster ]

To clean out, to exhaust; to empty; to get away from (one) all his money. [ Colloq. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely. “Domestic broils clean overblown.” Shak.

“Clean contrary.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the people were passed clean over Jordan. Josh. iii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously. [ Obs. ] “Pope came off clean with Homer.” Henley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Clear-cut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, cleans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a shop where dry cleaning is done.
Syn. -- dry cleaners, laundry, laundry shop. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act of making clean. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. Gardner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cleanly manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. With well-proportioned, unblemished limbs; as, a clean-limbed young fellow. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cleanly. ] State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cleanliness from head to heel. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]