cleanse
To free from dirt; to clean, to purifyTo free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
» He cleansed the wound before putting on a bandage.
Er reinigte die Wunde, bevor er einen Verband anlegte.
Он промыл рану, прежде чем наложить повязку.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
reinigen, säubern
очищатьočiščatʹ
(transitive)To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.
очищатьočiščatʹ
(transitive)To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
- purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins
Examples
40 sentencesHe cleansed the wound before putting on a bandage.
ruОн промыл рану, прежде чем наложить повязку.
deEr reinigte die Wunde, bevor er einen Verband anlegte.
Wash your towels with odor cleanse.
Yanni wants to cleanse his life.
We're going to cleanse this land.
ruМы очистим эту землю.
They had the house blessed and cleansed.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English clensen, from Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōFrom Middle English clensen, from Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“clean”). Cognate with West Frisian klinzgje (“to clean, cleanse”), archaic Dutch kleinzen (“to clean, purify”), Middle Low German klênsen, kleinsen, clensen (“to purify”).
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Forms
cleanses, cleansing, cleansed, cleansedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
7 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