clean
free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
Example
“Are these dishes clean? Your room is finally clean!For a baby, happiness is a full bottle and a clean diaper.”
Other meanings
Of metal, having relatively few impurities.
free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection or disease.
“Insert a clean swab into your nose.”
Antonyms
- dirty
- unclean
Related words
- clean as a whistle
- clean feed
- clean sheet
- clean-limbed
- come clean
- lick clean
- make a clean breast
- clean as a hound's tooth
- clean freak
- clean girl
- superclean
- super-clean
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "clǣne" (clean, pure).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “clean” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.