cleanness

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clean

(klēn)

adj. clean·er, clean·est

1. Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled: a clean kitchen floor; clean clothes.

a. Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated: clean air; clean drinking water.

b. Not infected: a clean wound.

a. Producing relatively little pollution: a clean fuel; a cleaner, more efficient engine.

b. Producing relatively little radioactive fallout or contamination: a clean nuclear bomb.

4. Having no imperfections or blemishes; regular or even: a clean edge; a smooth, clean joint.

a. Not ornate or intricate; spare: "the clean lines and exquisite proportions of early modernism" (Judith Thurman).

b. Sharply defined; clear-cut: a clean outline against the sky.

6. Free from clumsiness; deft; adroit: a clean throw.

7. Devoid of restrictions or encumbrances: a clean bill of health.

8. Thorough; complete: a clean getaway.

9. Having few alterations or corrections; legible: clean manuscript.

10. Blank: a clean page.

11.

a. Morally pure; virtuous: led a clean life.

b. Having no marks of discredit or offense: a clean voting record.

12. Fit for all readers, listeners, or audiences; not ribald or obscene: a clean joke.

13. Honest or fair: a clean fighter; a clean competition.

14. Slang

a. Not carrying concealed weapons or drugs.

b. Innocent of a suspected crime.

15. Informal

a. Free from narcotics addiction.

b. Showing no evidence of using banned or performance-enhancing substances: proven to be clean before the race.

adv. cleaner, cleanest

1. So as to be unsoiled: wash the dishes clean.

2. In a fair manner: played the game clean.

3. In a clean or nonpolluting manner: a fuel that burns clean.

4. Informal Entirely; wholly: clean forgot the appointment.

v. cleaned, clean·ing, cleans

v.tr.

1. To rid of dirt, rubbish, or impurities: clean a room; clean a suit.

2. To get rid of (impurities or dirt, for example); remove: cleaned up the trash; cleaned off the stains.

3. To prepare (fowl or other food) for cooking, as by removing the entrails or fat.

4. To remove the contents from; empty: cleaned my plate.

5. Sports To lift (a barbell) from the floor to the shoulders in one motion.

v.intr.

To undergo or perform an act of cleaning.

Phrasal Verbs:

clean out

1. To rid of dirt, rubbish, or impurities.

2. To empty of contents or occupants.

3. Informal To drive or force out: cleaned out the incompetent workers.

4. Slang To deprive completely of money or material wealth: The robbery cleaned us out.

clean up

1. To make clean or orderly.

2. To make oneself clean, neat, or presentable.

3. To dispose of; settle: cleaned up the unpaid bills.

4. Slang To make a large profit, often in a short period of time: cleaned up during the bull market.

Idiom:

clean house Slang

To eliminate or discard what is undesirable: The scandal forced the company to clean house.

[Middle English clene, from Old English clǣne.]

clean′a·ble adj.

clean′ness n.

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Noun	1.	cleanness - the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities sanitary condition - the state of sanitation (clean or dirty) immaculateness, spotlessness - the state of being spotlessly clean dirtiness, uncleanness - the state of being unsanitary
	2.	cleanness - without moral defects sinlessness, whiteness, innocence, pureness, purity - the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil

cleanness

noun

The condition of being clean and free of contaminants:

clarity, cleanliness, pureness, purity, taintlessness.

Translations

lindezza nettezza

cleanness

[ˈkliːnnɪs] N

1. [of clothes, sheets etc] → limpieza f; [of air, water] → pureza f

2. (= smoothness) [of cut, fracture] → limpieza f; [of outline, features] → nitidez f; [of movement] → fluidez f

3. (= fairness) [of fight, game] → limpieza f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cleanness

→ Sauberkeit f

(of joke) → Anständigkeit f, → Stubenreinheit f; (of film) → Anständigkeit f; (Typ, of proof) → Sauberkeit f

(of outline) → Klarheit f

(of break etc) → Sauberkeit f, → Glätte f; because of the cleanness of the break → weil es ein glatter Bruch war

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cleanness

[ˈkliːnnɪs] n → pulizia

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Except in the matter of cleanness,--a cleanness that seemed to go down to the deepest fibers of him,--Nathaniel Letton was unlike the other in every particular.

He, too, gave the impression of cleanness. He showed in the pink of health; his unblemished, smooth-shaven skin shouted advertisement of his splendid physical condition.

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Everything had been done to make the iron ship perfect, but no wit of man had managed to devise an efficient coating composition to keep her bottom clean with the smooth cleanness of yellow metal sheeting.

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Morison, was making his task an extremely difficult one--it was that quality of innate goodness and cleanness which is a good girl's stoutest bulwark and protection--an impregnable barrier that only degeneracy has the effrontery to assail.

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She was clean, and her cleanness revolted; but she was woman, and she was just beginning to learn the paradox of woman.

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Wilson could not imagine her permitting herself to do anything badly, but he was surprised at the cleanness of her execution.

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The social instinct was strong in them, yet they had remained lonely because they could not satisfy that instinct and at that same time satisfy their desire for cleanness and decency.

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"We have established a special unit for the drive and he, himself would be supervising the cleanness campaign," he said.

QMC finalizes plans to keep city clean on Eid ul Azha

LARKANA -- The Newly elected Mayor of Larkana in his surprise visit has ordered to concerned department and local administration to improve drained and cleanness system of he city on priority basis.

Mayor warns local administration to ensure cleanness

All Assistant Commissioners of Tehsil levels would be the incharges to monitor the cleanness of cities and submit the report to their high ups on daily basis.

Body constitutes for beautification of Rajanpur

The General Cleanness Department at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) has been engaged in intense preparations for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr, according to a statement.