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  • 81CLEAN — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index clean noun innocent, purification (2), purifier, purity, sterility adjective clean, innocent, neat, pure …

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  • 82clean — [OE] Etymologically, clean and German klein ‘small’ are the same word. Both go back to West Germanic *klainoz, which meant ‘clear, pure’, but whereas the English adjective has stayed fairly close to the original meaning, the German one has passed …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 83clean-up — noun 1. An act of removing all the dirt from a given set of objects. What this filthy room needs is an honest clean up. 2. the elimination of pockets of resistance during warfare or a police raid. The FBI conducted a clean up against the drug… …

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  • 84clean — I. a. 1. Unstained, unspotted, spotless, unsoiled, unsullied, immaculate, cleanly, neat. 2. Unadulterated, unmixed, pure, purified, clarified. 3. Neat, delicate, shapely, graceful, light, dexterous, adroit, free from bungling. 4. Entire, complete …

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  • 85clean — adj 1. unsoiled, unspotted, spotless, speck less, white, snowy, immaculate; cleansed, washed, bathed, laundered, scrubbed, wiped, scoured; polished, dusted, swept, vacuumed, whisked; tidy, well groomed, well kept; fresh, fragrant, deodorized,… …

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  • 86clean — [OE] Etymologically, clean and German klein ‘small’ are the same word. Both go back to West Germanic *klainoz, which meant ‘clear, pure’, but whereas the English adjective has stayed fairly close to the original meaning, the German one has passed …

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  • 87clean·er — /ˈkliːnɚ/ noun, pl ers 1 [count] : a person whose job is to clean something street/window cleaners They have hired a house cleaner. [=a person whose job is to keep the rooms in a house or apartment clean] 2 [count] : a substance used for cleaning …

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  • 88Clean —    The various forms of uncleanness according to the Mosaic law are enumerated in Lev. 11 15; Num. 19. The division of animals into clean and unclean was probably founded on the practice of sacrifice. It existed before the Flood (Gen. 7:2). The… …

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  • 89CLEAN — Citizens League For Environmental Action Now (Community » Non Profit Organizations) ** Community Led Environment Action Network (Governmental » Environmental) ** Campbell Local Emergency Action Network (Community) * Citizens Learners Educators… …

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  • 90clean-up — noun Clean up is used before these nouns: ↑crew, ↑effort, ↑operation …

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