Meaning

1 senses
  1. Fully and completely.

    He was stabbed clean through.

    You must be clean mad.

    на́чистоnáčisto

    completely; used as intensifiers

Examples

3774 sentences
  1. Please help me clean the house.

    Допоможи мені прибрати в домі, будь ласка. — Walentinio

    ruПомоги мне убрать дом, пожалуйста. — Lenin_1917

  2. You must keep your hands clean.

    Ви повинні тримати руки у чистоті. — Anjy

    ruТы должен держать свои руки в чистоте. — odexed

    deDu musst deine Hände sauber halten. — Tamy

  3. She always keeps her room clean.

    Вона завжди тримає кімнату в чистоті. — deniko

    ruОна всегда держит свою комнату чистой. — sharptoothed

    deSie hält ihr Zimmer immer sauber. — jakov

  4. She made him clean his room.

    Вона примусила його прибрати в кімнаті. — deniko

    ruОна заставила его убраться в своей комнате. — odexed

    deSie ließ ihn sein Zimmer aufräumen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom is still cleaning his room.

    Том все ще прибирає у своїй кімнаті. — deniko

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
fully and completely:

Origin

From Middle English clene, from Old English clāne, clǣne (“clean; pure; clear”), from Prot

From Middle English clene, from Old English clāne, clǣne (“clean; pure; clear”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“dainty, fine, small; clean”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *glēy- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”).

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Forms

cleaner, cleanest
Comparativecleaner Lesson
Superlativecleanest

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • completely; used as intensifiers:plumbplum
  • in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating:fairlyfair

Word family

1 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • clean his room
  • clean my room
  • clean your room
  • clean up after
  • clean the house
  • clean up this
  • clean the garage
  • clean out the
  • to clean up
  • clean the kitchen
  • clean the room
  • to clean the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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