clean
-1 a. துப்புரவான, கரைபடியாத, அழுக்குப் போக்கப்பட்ட, உள்ளத் தூய்மையுடைய, களங்கமில்லாத, தவறில்லாத, எழுதப்படாத, தௌதவான, வரையறை செய்யப்பட்ட, முழுமையான, தூண்டில் வகையில் இரைபற்றாத, கதிரியக்கச் சிதறுதல் இல்லாத, (வி.) துப்புரவாக்கு, மாசு துடை, மேசை-தட்டம் முதலிய-2 adv. முழுதும், தீர, ஒட்டற, கலப்பின்றி, வழுவில்லாமல்.
Synonyms
purify, clarify pure, neat, cleanly, clear, purified, cleansed, untarnished,spotless, unclogged, upright #verb clarify, disencumber, disentangle, disembarrass, vindicate,liberate, set_free, release, exonerate, exculpate, justify, retrieve,acquit, absolve, whitewash, extricate, eliminate purify, clarify pure, neat, cleanly, clear, purified, cleansed, untarnished,spotless, unclogged, upright #verb clarify, disencumber, disentangle, disembarrass, vindicate,liberate, set_free, release, exonerate, exculpate, justify, retrieve,acquit, absolve, whitewash, extricate, eliminate
Antonyms
purify, clarify pure, neat, cleanly, clear, purified, cleansed, untarnished,spotless, unclogged, upright #verb clarify, disencumber, disentangle, disembarrass, vindicate,liberate, set_free, release, exonerate, exculpate, justify, retrieve,acquit, absolve, whitewash, extricate, eliminate purify, clarify pure, neat, cleanly, clear, purified, cleansed, untarnished,spotless, unclogged, upright #verb clarify, disencumber, disentangle, disembarrass, vindicate,liberate, set_free, release, exonerate, exculpate, justify, retrieve,acquit, absolve, whitewash, extricate, eliminate pollute, befoul, bespatter, defile impure, untidy, dirty, entangled, hampered, unclean #verb befoul, contaminate, pollute, clog, encumber, embarrass,involve, implicate
Clean, a. [Compar. Cleaner (; superl. Cleanest.] Etym: [OE. clene, AS. cl; akin to OHG. chleini pure, neat, graceful, small, G. klein small, and perh. to W. glan clean, pure, bright; all perh. from a primitive, meaning bright, shining. Cf. Glair.] 1. Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes. 2. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber. 3. Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence. 4. Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style. 5. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire. When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of corners of thy field. Le 6. Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure. Create in me a clean heart, O God. Ps. li. 10 That I am whole, and clean, and meet for Heaven Tennyson. 7. (Script.) Defn: Free from ceremonial defilement. 8. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy. "Lothair is clean." F. Harrison. 9. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs. A clean bill of health, a certificate from the proper authrity that a ship is free from infection. -- Clean breach. See under Breach, n., 4. -- To make a clean breast. See under Breast. Clean, adv. 1. Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely. "Domestic broils clean overblown." Shak. "Clean contrary." Milton. All the people were passed clean over Jordan. Josh. iii. 17. 2. Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously. [Obs.] "Pope came off clean with Homer." Henley. Clean, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaning.] Etym: [See Clean, a., and cf. Cleanse.] Defn: To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse. To clean out, to exhaust; to empty; to get away from (one) all his money. [Colloq.] De Quincey. Clean, a. [Compar. Cleaner (; superl. Cleanest.] Etym: [OE. clene, AS. cl; akin to OHG. chleini pure, neat, graceful, small, G. klein small, and perh. to W. glan clean, pure, bright; all perh. from a primitive, meaning bright, shining. Cf. Glair.] 1. Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes. 2. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber. 3. Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence. 4. Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style. 5. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire. When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of corners of thy field. Le 6. Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure. Create in me a clean heart, O God. Ps. li. 10 That I am whole, and clean, and meet for Heaven Tennyson. 7. (Script.) Defn: Free from ceremonial defilement. 8. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy. "Lothair is clean." F. Harrison. 9. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs. A clean bill of health, a certificate from the proper authrity that a ship is free from infection. -- Clean breach. See under Breach, n., 4. -- To make a clean breast. See under Breast. Clean, adv. 1. Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely. "Domestic broils clean overblown." Shak. "Clean contrary." Milton. All the people were passed clean over Jordan. Josh. iii. 17. 2. Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously. [Obs.] "Pope came off clean with Homer." Henley. Clean, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaning.] Etym: [See Clean, a., and cf. Cleanse.] Defn: To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse. To clean out, to exhaust; to empty; to get away from (one) all his money. [Colloq.] De Quincey.