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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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palimpsest
English
Etymology
From Latin palimps?stus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (palímps?stos, “scraped again”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?pæl?mps?st/
Noun
palimpsest (plural palimpsests)
- A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.
- (archaic) Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.
- (astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
- (geology) Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
- (computing) Memory that has been erased and re-written.
- (cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
- Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
- 2005, Patrick Radden Keefe, Chatter:
- Miraculously, the Stasi's record of Garton Ash's years in Berlin remained intact, and in his extraordinary book The File he recalls going back to Berlin, sifting through the material, and piecing together those years for himself. The result is a palimpsest of memories, observations recorded by informants and agents, and the recollections in his own diaries at that time.
- 2005, Patrick Radden Keefe, Chatter:
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:palimpsest.
Synonyms
- codex rescriptus
Derived terms
- palimpsestic
Translations
Verb
palimpsest (third-person singular simple present palimpsests, present participle palimpsesting, simple past and past participle palimpsested)
- To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.
- On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.
- Typically refers to a multi-layered work, e.g.: new ads covering old on a roadside sign.
See also
- pentimento
Anagrams
- past simple, simple past, simple-past
Czech
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????????? (palímps?stos)
Noun
palimpsest m
- palimpsest
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????????? (palímps?stos)
Noun
palimpsest c (singular definite palimpsesten, plural indefinite palimpsester)
- palimpsest
Declension
References
- “palimpsest” in Den Danske Ordbog
Polish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????????? (palímps?stos)
Noun
palimpsest m inan
- palimpsest
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
From French palimpseste, from Latin palimps?stus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (palímps?stos, “scraped again”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pa.limp?sest]
Noun
palimpsest n (plural palimpseste)
- palimpsest
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????????? (palímps?stos)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pal?mpsest/
- Hyphenation: pa?lim?psest
Noun
palìmpsest m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)
- palimpsest
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????????? (palímps?stos)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /palimpsé?st/
Noun
palimps??st m inan
- palimpsest
Inflection
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