clean
To remove dirt from a place or objectTo remove dirt from a place or object.
» Please help me clean the house.
Помоги мне убрать дом, пожалуйста. — Lenin_1917
Помоги мне убраться в доме, пожалуйста. — Lenin_1917
Помоги мне навести порядок в доме, пожалуйста. — Lenin_1917
Помоги мне прибрать дом, пожалуйста. — Lenin_1917
Помогите мне, пожалуйста, убраться в доме. — marafon
Допоможи мені прибрати в домі, будь ласка. — Walentinio
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
11 senses(transitive)To remove dirt from a place or object.
Can you clean the windows today?
reinigen, säubern, putzen
чи́ститьčístitʹ, почи́ститьpočístitʹ, вы́чиститьvýčistitʹ
чи́ститиčýstyty, почи́ститиpočýstyty
remove shells or husks from
(transitive)To tidy up, make a place neat.
Clean your room right now!
aufräumen, putzen
убира́тьubirátʹ, убра́тьubrátʹ, чи́ститьčístitʹ
clean and tidy up the house
(intransitive)To make things clean in general.
She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.
reinigen, säubern, putzen
make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
(transitive)To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
(transitive)To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
(intransitive)To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
(slang)To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
(transitive)To lift a weight from the ground to one's shoulders.
Synonym of clean up.
remove while making clean
(transitive)To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
The fishmonger cleaned the mackerel.
(slang)To beat, to thrash; to defeat.
Examples
3774 sentencesPlease help me clean the house.
Допоможи мені прибрати в домі, будь ласка. — Walentinio
ruПомоги мне убрать дом, пожалуйста. — Lenin_1917
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
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
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
Tom is still cleaning his room.
Том все ще прибирає у своїй кімнаті. — deniko
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English clene, from Old English clāne, clǣne (“clean; pure; clear”), from ProtFrom 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
cleans, cleaning, cleaned, cleanedPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
8 synonyms- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits:pick
- make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from:make clean
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely:strip
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing:cleanse
- remove unwanted substances from:scavenge
- clean and tidy up the house:housecleanclean house
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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