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• clean and jerk a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead

• “used as intensifiers“
• “clean forgot the appointment“
• “I’m plumb (or plum) tuckered out“

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• plumb exactly vertical; the metal bob of a plumb line ; completely; conforming to the direction of a plumb line ; exactly; measure the depth of something ; weight with lead ; examine thoroughly and in great depth ; adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
• plum exactly; completely; any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone ; any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit ; a highly desirable position or assignment

• “they played fairly“

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• fairly to certain extent or degree; without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner; in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
• fair join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly ; in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner; a traveling show; gathering of producers to promote business; a competitive exhibition of farm products; a sale of miscellany; free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; not excessive or extreme; very pleasing to the eye; (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; lacking exceptional quality or ability; attractively feminine; (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; gained or earned without cheating or stealing; free of clouds or rain; (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored

• “Clean the stove!“
• “The dentist cleaned my teeth“

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• make clean make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from

• “Clean the turkey“

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• pick the person or thing chosen or selected; the quantity of a crop that is harvested; the best people or things in a group; the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving ; a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument ; a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material; a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; a basketball maneuver; the act of choosing or selecting; select carefully from a group; look for and gather; harass with constant criticism; provoke; remove in small bits; remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; pilfer or rob; pay for something; pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; hit lightly with a picking motion ; eat intermittently

• “She housecleans every week“

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• houseclean clean and tidy up the house
• clean house clean and tidy up the house

• “clean up before you see your grandparents“
• “clean your fingernails before dinner“

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• cleanse clean one’s body or parts thereof, as by washing; purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins

• “This stove cleans easily“

• “The other players cleaned him completely“

• “The boys cleaned the sandwich platters“
• “The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm“

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• strip a relatively long narrow piece of something; artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material ; an airfield without normal airport facilities ; a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book ; thin piece of wood or metal ; a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music; take away possessions from someone; get undressed; remove the surface from; remove substances from by a percolating liquid; lay bare; steal goods; remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; strip the cured leaves from; remove the thread (of screws) ; remove a constituent from a liquid ; take off or remove; draw the last milk (of cows) ; remove (someone’s or one’s own) clothes

• “Clean the spots off the rug“

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• scavenge clean refuse from; collect discarded material; feed on carrion or refuse; remove unwanted substances from

• “clean grain before milling it“

• “or having clean habits“
• “children with clean shining faces“
• “clean white shirts“
• “clean dishes“
• “a spotlessly clean house“
• “cats are clean animals“

• “a clean bill of health“
• “a clear winner“

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• clear completely; in an easily perceptible manner; the state of being free of suspicion; a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water; readily apparent to the mind; free from confusion or doubt; affording free passage or view; allowing light to pass through; free from contact or proximity or connection; characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt); (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law; clear and distinct to the senses; accurately stated or described; free from clouds or mist or haze; free of restrictions or qualifications; free from flaw or blemish or impurity; clear of charges or deductions; easily deciphered ; freed from any question of guilt; characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving; rid of obstructions; make a way or path by removing objects; become clear; grant authorization or clearance for; remove; go unchallenged; be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts; go away or disappear; pass by, over, or under without making contact; make free from confusion or ambiguity; free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment; clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.; yield as a net profit; make as a net profit; earn on some commercial or business transaction; sell; pass an inspection or receive authorization; pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; settle, as of a debt; make clear, bright, light, or translucent; rid of instructions or data; remove (people) from a building; remove the occupants of; free (the throat) by making a rasping sound

• “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“

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• clear completely; in an easily perceptible manner; the state of being free of suspicion; a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water; readily apparent to the mind; free from confusion or doubt; affording free passage or view; allowing light to pass through; free from contact or proximity or connection; characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt); (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law; clear and distinct to the senses; accurately stated or described; free from clouds or mist or haze; free of restrictions or qualifications; free from flaw or blemish or impurity; clear of charges or deductions; easily deciphered ; freed from any question of guilt; characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving; rid of obstructions; make a way or path by removing objects; become clear; grant authorization or clearance for; remove; go unchallenged; be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts; go away or disappear; pass by, over, or under without making contact; make free from confusion or ambiguity; free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment; clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.; yield as a net profit; make as a net profit; earn on some commercial or business transaction; sell; pass an inspection or receive authorization; pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; settle, as of a debt; make clear, bright, light, or translucent; rid of instructions or data; remove (people) from a building; remove the occupants of; free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
• light with few burdens; make lighter or brighter; begin to smoke; to come to rest, settle; cause to start burning; fall to somebody by assignment or lot; alight from (a horse) ; start or maintain a fire in; (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; any device serving as a source of illumination; a particular perspective or aspect of a situation; the quality of being luminous; an illuminated area; a condition of spiritual awareness; the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; a person regarded very fondly; having abundant light or illumination; mental understanding as an enlightening experience; merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; public awareness; a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul ; a visual warning signal; a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; of comparatively little physical weight or density; (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; of the military or industry; not great in degree or quantity or number; psychologically light; characterized by or emitting light; (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; moving easily and quickly; demanding little effort; of little intensity or power or force; (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average; weak and likely to lose consciousness; very thin and insubstantial; marked by temperance in indulgence; less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; having little importance; intended primarily as entertainment; silly or trivial; designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight; having relatively few calories; (of sleep) easily disturbed; casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
• unclouded (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; free from clouds; not mentally disordered; not made opaque or cloudy by sediment

• “clean water“
• “fresh air“

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• fresh very recently; recently made, produced, or harvested; (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again; imparting vitality and energy; original and of a kind not seen before; not canned or otherwise preserved; not containing or composed of salt water; having recently calved and therefore able to give milk; with restored energy ; not soured or preserved; free from impurities; not yet used or soiled; improperly forward or bold

• “a clean voting record“
• “a clean driver’s license“

• “especially radioactive contamination“
• “a clean fuel“
• “cleaner and more efficient engines“
• “the tactical bomb is reasonably clean“

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• uncontaminating not spreading pollution or contamination

• “fit for all observers“
• “good clean fun“
• “a clean joke“

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• unobjectionable (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; not causing disapproval; not objectionable

• “a clean (or uninfected) wound“

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• uninfected free from sepsis or infection

• “led a clean life“

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• clean-living morally pure

• “fair copy“
• “a clean manuscript“

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• fair join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly ; in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner; a traveling show; gathering of producers to promote business; a competitive exhibition of farm products; a sale of miscellany; free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; not excessive or extreme; very pleasing to the eye; (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; lacking exceptional quality or ability; attractively feminine; (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; gained or earned without cheating or stealing; free of clouds or rain; (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored

• “blank pages“
• “fill in the blank spaces“
• “a clean page“
• “wide white margins“

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• blank keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning ; (of a surface) not written or printed on; without comprehension; not charged with a bullet; complete and absolute; a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; a blank gap or missing part ; a piece of material ready to be made into something ; a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
• white turn white; being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; free from moral blemish or impurity; marked by the presence of snow; restricted to whites only; glowing white with heat; benevolent; (of a surface) not written or printed on; (of coffee) having cream or milk added ; (of hair) having lost its color; anemic looking from illness or emotion; of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; a Caucasian ; the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) ; United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; Australian writer (1912-1990) ; United States political journalist (1915-1986) ; United States architect (1853-1906) ; United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985) ; United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918) ; a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri ; the white part of an egg; (board games) the lighter pieces ; (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth

• “a clean fight“
• “a sporting solution of the disagreement“
• “sportsmanlike conduct“

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• sporting exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; relating to or used in sports; involving risk or willingness to take a risk; preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
• sporty exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display ; appropriate for sport or engagement in a sport
• sportsmanlike exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play

• “a clean test flight“

• “a clean getaway“
• “a clean sweep“
• “a clean break“

• “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“

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• neat clean or organized; showing care in execution; free from clumsiness; superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject; very good; (of an alcoholic drink) without water

• “after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years“