clean
/kliːn/ noun C2- A removal of dirt. · This place needs a clean.· Give the pan a thorough clean.
- The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
- Of heavy metal, clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams.
Plural cleans
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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A tall, sunburned, capable-looking, clean-shaved man looked in at us.
“This is clean beyond me, Mr.
It’s clean against common sense!
White Mason was a quiet, comfortable-looking person in a loose tweed suit, with a clean-shaved, ruddy face, a stoutish body, and powerful bandy legs adorned with gaiters, looking like a small farmer, a retired gamekeeper, or anything upon earth except a very favourable specimen of the provincial criminal officer.
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