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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Clean \Clean\ (kl[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Cleaner} (kl[=e]n"[~e]r); superl. {Cleanest}.] [OE. clene, AS. cl[=ae]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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Clean \Clean\, 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Clean \Clean\ (kl[=e]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleaned} (kl[=e]nd); 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] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: clean adv 1: completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn: {clean}, {plumb}, {plum}] 2: in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly" [syn: {fairly}, {fair}, {clean}] [ant: {below the belt}, {unfairly}] adj 1: free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals" [ant: {dirty}, {soiled}, {unclean}] 2: free of restrictions or qualifications; "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner" [syn: {clean}, {clear}] 3: (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell" [syn: {clean}, {clear}, {light}, {unclouded}] 4: free from impurities; "clean water"; "fresh air" [syn: {clean}, {fresh}] 5: (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense; "a clean voting record"; "a clean driver's license" 6: ritually clean or pure [ant: {impure}, {unclean}] 7: not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean" [syn: {clean}, {uncontaminating}] [ant: {contaminating}, {dirty}] 8: (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers; "good clean fun"; "a clean joke" [syn: {clean}, {unobjectionable}] [ant: {dirty}] 9: free from sepsis or infection; "a clean (or uninfected) wound" [syn: {uninfected}, {clean}] 10: morally pure; "led a clean life" [syn: {clean}, {clean- living}] 11: (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript" [syn: {clean}, {fair}] 12: (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" [syn: {blank}, {clean}, {white}] 13: exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct" [syn: {clean}, {sporting}, {sporty}, {sportsmanlike}] 14: without difficulties or problems; "a clean test flight" 15: thorough and without qualification; "a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break" 16: not carrying concealed weapons 17: free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife" [syn: {clean}, {neat}] 18: free of drugs; "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years" n 1: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead [syn: {clean and jerk}, {clean}] v 1: make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth" [syn: {clean}, {make clean}] [ant: {begrime}, {bemire}, {colly}, {dirty}, {grime}, {soil}] 2: remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey" [syn: {clean}, {pick}] 3: clean and tidy up the house; "She housecleans every week" [syn: {houseclean}, {clean house}, {clean}] 4: clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner" [syn: {cleanse}, {clean}] 5: be cleanable; "This stove cleans easily" 6: deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.; "The other players cleaned him completely" 7: remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm" [syn: {clean}, {strip}] 8: remove while making clean; "Clean the spots off the rug" 9: remove unwanted substances from [syn: {scavenge}, {clean}] 10: remove shells or husks from; "clean grain before milling it" From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: clean 1. adj. Used of hardware or software designs, implies ?elegance in the small?, that is, a design or implementation that may not hold any surprises but does things in a way that is reasonably intuitive and relatively easy to comprehend from the outside. The antonym is ?grungy? or {crufty}. 2. v. To remove unneeded or undesired files in a effort to reduce clutter: ?I'm cleaning up my account.? ?I cleaned up the garbage and now have 100 Meg free on that partition.?