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clean
English
Etymology
From Middle English clene, clane, from Old English cl?ne (“clean, pure”), from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *gl?y- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognate with Scots clean (“absolute, pure, clear, empty”) and clene, clane (“clean”), North Frisian klien (“small”), Dutch klein (“small”), Low German kleen (“small”), German klein (“small”), Swedish klen (“weak, feeble, delicate”), Icelandic klénn (“poor, feeble, petty, snug, puny, cheesy, lame”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kli?n/, [k?l?i?n]
- (General American) enPR: kl?n, IPA(key): /klin/, [k?l??n]
- ((Ireland), dated), enPR: kl?n, IPA(key): /kle?n/, [k?l?e?n]
- Rhymes: -i?n
Adjective
clean (comparative cleaner, superlative cleanest)
- (heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
- Not dirty.
- Then his sallow face brightened, for the hall had been carefully furnished, and was very clean. ¶ There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
- In an unmarked condition.
- (aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
- Empty.
- (of metal) Having relatively few impurities.
- Not dirty.
- (heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
- Pure, especially morally or religiously.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, St. Simeon Stylites
- That I am whole, and clean, and meet for Heaven.
- 1914, New Zealand Parliamentary Debates (volume 168, page 195)
- I do not think there is any member in this House who will not agree that that is the clean thing to do. Any member sitting on the Government benches will admit in private that that is the proper course for members who break faith.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, St. Simeon Stylites
- Not having used drugs or alcohol.
- (of criminal, driving, etc. records) Without restrictions or penalties, or someone having such a record.
- (informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
- (informal) Devoid of profanity.
- Pure, especially morally or religiously.
- smooth, exact, and performed well
- (obsolete) Total; utter. (still in "clean sweep")
- a. 1655, James Howell, "To the Right Honourable the Earl of Clare" in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ
- Moreover, I find there are some Words now in French which are turned to a Countersense […] Cocu is taken for one whose Wife is light, and hath made him a passive Cuckold; whereas clean contrary, Cocu, which is the Cuckow, doth use to lay her Eggs in another Bird's Nest.
- a. 1655, James Howell, "To the Right Honourable the Earl of Clare" in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ
- (informal) Cool or neat.
- (health) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
- That does not damage the environment.
- Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
- 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.
- Well-proportioned; shapely.
- (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
Synonyms
- (not dirty): Thesaurus:clean
Antonyms
- dirty
- unclean
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
clean (plural cleans)
- Removal of dirt.
- (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
Derived terms
- power clean
Translations
Verb
clean (third-person singular simple present cleans, present participle cleaning, simple past and past participle cleaned)
- (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
- (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
- (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
- (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
- (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
- (intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
- (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
- To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:make clean
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
clean (comparative cleaner, superlative cleanest)
- Fully and completely.
Translations
Anagrams
- Calne, Lance, Lenca, ancle, clane, lance
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English clean.
Adjective
clean (neuter clean, plural and definite singular attributive clean)
- drugfree, not having used recreational drugs
German
Etymology
From English clean. Doublet of klein.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kli?n]
Adjective
clean (comparative cleaner, superlative am cleansten)
- (colloquial) clean, drugfree
Declension
Further reading
- “clean” in Duden online
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish clíabán.
Noun
clean m (genitive singular clean, plural cleanyn)
- cradle (oscillating bed for a baby)
- cot
- cage (of birds)
- pannier
Mutation
Romanian
Etymology
From Bulgarian ????? (kljan), from Proto-Slavic *klen?.
Noun
clean m (plural cleni)
- chub (Squalius cephalus)
Declension
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dapper
English
Etymology
From Middle English daper (“pretty, neat”), from Middle Dutch dapper (“stalwart, nimble”), Old Dutch *dapar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz (“stout; solid; heavy; bold”) (compare German tapfer "bold", Norwegian daper "saddened, dreary"), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eb- ‘thick, heavy’ (compare Tocharian A tpär ‘high’, Latvian dàbls ‘strong’, Serbo-Croatian ????? (dèbeo) ‘fat’).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?dæp?(?)/
- Rhymes: -æp?(r)
Adjective
dapper (comparative dapperer, superlative dapperest)
- Neat, trim.
- 1892, Henry Seton Merriman, The Slave Of The Lamp:
- This entrance is through a little courtyard, in which is the stable and coach-house combined, where Madame Perinere, a lady who paints the magic word "Modes" beneath her name on the door-post of number seventeen, keeps the dapper little cart and pony which carry her bonnets to the farthest corner of Paris.
- 1892, Henry Seton Merriman, The Slave Of The Lamp:
- Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
- 1917, P. G. Wodehouse, The Man With Two Left Feet:
- Going down the street, you would meet a typical commercial traveller, dapper and alert.
- 1917, P. G. Wodehouse, The Man With Two Left Feet:
- Quick; little and active.
Derived terms
- Dapper Dan
Translations
Anagrams
- Eppard, adprep, parped, rapped
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch dapper, from Middle Dutch dapper, from Old Dutch *dappar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz.
Adjective
dapper (attributive dappere, comparative dapperder, superlative dapperste)
- brave, courageous
Derived terms
- dapperheid
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dapper, from Old Dutch *dappar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?.p?r/
- Hyphenation: dap?per
- Rhymes: -?p?r
Adjective
dapper (comparative dapperder, superlative dapperst)
- brave, courageous
Inflection
Derived terms
- dapperheid
- verdapperen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: dapper
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