Meaning

3 senses

  1. A removal of dirt.

    This place needs a clean.

    Give the pan a thorough clean.

  2. The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.

  3. (in the plural)Of heavy metal, clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams.

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

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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  5. Tom is still cleaning his room.

    Том все ще прибирає у своїй кімнаті. — deniko

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Translations

1 languages

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

plural: cleans
Singularclean
Pluralcleans

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead:clean and jerk

Word family

4 related words
Deriveddeep cleanpower cleanspring cleanmisclean

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

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clawclaycleanerA2cleanlinesscleanlyC1
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