adjective
The laboratory reports that our well water is absolutely clean. You must use a clean bandage
She puts on clean underwear every day in case she's involved in an accident
The edges of the fracture are clean and will mend quickly
The suspect was completely clean - he was out of town at the time of the robbery
They say they've produced a clean bomb, but I don't believe it
Frisk that suspect and make sure he's clean
adverb
Geoff's clean out of his mind if he believes that. With one blow he cut the orange clean through
In the end he saw that he was trapped and decided to come clean
verb
When we cleaned the urn, we could read the inscription. I have told Richard a thousand times to clean his room
clean out
The gambler cleaned her out of every penny she had in the world
We must clean out the larder before it can be painted
clean up
Clean up, please, dinner is almost ready. It took us a week to clean up the stables
The council has led the way towards cleaning up the wetlands of chemical waste
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