CLEAN - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Adverb

completely; used as intensifiers

Example: clean forgot the appointment; I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Adjective

free of restrictions or qualifications

Example: a clean bill of health; a clear winner

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Adjective

(of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense

Example: a clean voting record; a clean driver's license

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Adjective

ritually clean or pure

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Adjective

not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination

Example: a clean fuel; cleaner and more efficient engines; the tactical bomb is reasonably clean

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Adjective

(of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers

Example: good clean fun; a clean joke

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Adjective

morally pure

Example: led a clean life

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Adjective

(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims

Example: efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings; clear laughter like a waterfall; clear reds and blues; a light lilting voice like a silver bell

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Adjective

free from impurities

Example: clean water; fresh air

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Adjective

(of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections

Example: fair copy; a clean manuscript

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Adjective

exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play

Example: a clean fight; a sporting solution of the disagreement; sportsmanlike conduct

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Adjective

without difficulties or problems

Example: a clean test flight

Meaning 13

Part of speech: Adjective

thorough and without qualification

Example: a clean getaway; a clean sweep; a clean break

Meaning 14

Part of speech: Adjective

not carrying concealed weapons

Meaning 15

Part of speech: Adjective

free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed

Example: he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek; a clean throw; the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife

Meaning 16

Part of speech: Adjective

free of drugs

Example: after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years