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Synonyms of the word 
CLEAN → ADROIT - ALTER - ANTISEPTIC - BE - BLANK - CHANGE - CLEAN - CLEAN-LIVING - CLEANABLE - CLEANED - CLEANLY - CLEANSE - CLEANSED - CLEAR - COMPLETE - COSHER - DECENT - DEPRIVE - DIVEST - DRY-CLEANED - EMPTY - FAIR - FAIRLY - FRESH - GROOM - HALAL - HOUSECLEAN - IMMACULATE - JUST - KOSHER - LEGIBLE - LIGHT - MODIFY - MORAL - NEAT - NEATEN - PERFECT - PICK - PLUM - PLUMB - PRISTINE - PURE - REMOVE - SCAVENGE - SCRUBBED - SPECKLESS - SPIC - SPIC-AND-SPAN - SPICK - SPICK-AND-SPAN - SPORTING - SPORTSMANLIKE - SPORTY - SPOTLESS - STRAIGHTEN - STRIP - TAKE - TIDY - UNARMED - UNBLEMISHED - UNCLOUDED - UNINFECTED - UNOBJECTIONABLE - UNQUALIFIED - UNSOILED - UNSPOTTED - UNSTAINED - UNSULLIED - UNUSED - WASHED - WEIGHTLIFT - WEIGHTLIFTING - WHITE - WITHDRAWclean- adj. (heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
- adj. (heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
- adj. Smooth, exact, and performed well.
- adj. (obsolete) Total; utter.
- adj. (informal) Cool or neat.
- adj. (health) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
- adj. That does not damage the environment.
- adj. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
- adj. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
- adj. Well-proportioned; shapely.
- adj. (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
- n. Removal of dirt.
- n. (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground…
- v. (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
- v. (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
- v. (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
- v. (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
- v. (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
- v. (intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure…
- v. (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting…
- v. To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
- adv. Fully and completely.
adroit- adj. Deft, dexterous, or skillful.
alter- v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
- v. (intransitive) To become different.
- v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.
antiseptic- adj. Of, or relating to antisepsis, or the use of antiseptics.
- adj. Capable of preventing microbial infection.
- adj. Very clean; aseptic.
- adj. Free of unpleasantness; sanitized or bowdlerized.
- n. Any substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Generally includes only those…
be- v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
- v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
- v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
- v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
- v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from"…
- v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
- v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are…
- v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
- v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
- v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun…
- v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
- v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
- v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate…
- v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
- v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
- v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
- v. (with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.
- v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
- v. (often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
- v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense,…
- v. (African American Vernacular, Caribbean, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the…
blank- adj. (archaic) White or pale; without colour.
- adj. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
- adj. (sports) Scoreless; without any goals or points.
- adj. (figuratively) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
- adj. Absolute; downright; sheer.
- adj. Without expression.
- adj. Utterly confounded or discomfited.
- adj. Empty; void; without result; fruitless.
- adj. Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
- adj. (military) Ammunition with propellant but without bullets; unbulleted. (used for training).
- n. A cartridge that is designed to simulate the noise and smoke of real gunfire without actually firing a…
- n. An physical empty space; a void, for example on a paper.
- n. An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory.
- n. A space to be filled in on a form or template.
- n. A paper without marks or characters, or with space left for writing; a ballot, form, contract, etc. that…
- n. A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.
- n. (archaic, historical) A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about…
- n. (archaic, historical) a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence.
- n. (engineering) A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, such as a coin,…
- n. (dominoes) A domino without spots.
- n. The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.
- n. The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot.
- n. (figuratively) The object to which anything is directed or aimed.
- n. Aim; shot; range.
- n. (chemistry) A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in…
- v. (transitive) To make void; to erase.
- v. (transitive, slang) To ignore.
- v. (transitive) To prevent from scoring, for example in a sporting event.
- v. (intransitive) To become blank.
- v. (intransitive, idiomatic) To be temporarily unable to remember.
change- v. (intransitive) To become something different.
- v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
- v. (transitive) To replace.
- v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
- v. (archaic) To exchange.
- v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
- n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
- n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
- n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
- n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
- n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
- n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
- n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.
clean- adj. (heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
- adj. (heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
- adj. Smooth, exact, and performed well.
- adj. (obsolete) Total; utter.
- adj. (informal) Cool or neat.
- adj. (health) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
- adj. That does not damage the environment.
- adj. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
- adj. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
- adj. Well-proportioned; shapely.
- adj. (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
- n. Removal of dirt.
- n. (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground…
- v. (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
- v. (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
- v. (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
- v. (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
- v. (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
- v. (intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure…
- v. (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting…
- v. To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
- adv. Fully and completely.
clean-living- adj. Not engaging in acts of moral depravity, such as drinking, smoking or carousing.
cleanable- adj. That can be cleaned.
cleaned- v. simple past tense and past participle of clean.
- adj. Having been made clean.
cleanly- adj. being habitually clean, practising good hygiene.
- adj. (obsolete) Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc.
- adj. (obsolete) adroit; dexterous; artful.
- adv. in a clean way.
- adv. neatly.
- adv. not causing a mess or unnecessary damage.
- adv. innocently; without stain.
- adv. adroitly; dexterously.
cleanse- v. (transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, purify.
- v. (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from sin or guilt; to purge.
- n. An act of cleansing; a purification.
cleansed- v. simple past tense and past participle of cleanse.
clear- adj. Transparent in colour.
- adj. Bright, not dark or obscured.
- adj. Free of obstacles.
- adj. Without clouds.
- adj. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- adj. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
- adj. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- adj. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- adj. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
- adj. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
- adj. (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- adj. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
- adj. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- adj. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
- adj. Unmixed; entirely pure.
- adj. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
- adj. Without diminution; in full; net.
- adv. All the way; entirely.
- adv. Not near something or touching it.
- adv. free (or separate) from others.
- adv. (obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
- v. (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
- v. (ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
- v. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
- v. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- v. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
- v. (intransitive) To become clear.
- v. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that…
- v. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
- v. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- v. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- v. To obtain a clearance.
- v. (sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending…
- v. To fell all trees of a forest.
- v. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- v. (computing, transitive) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at…
- n. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest…
- n. (cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.).
complete- v. (transitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
- v. (transitive) To make whole or entire.
- adj. With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
- adj. Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
- adj. Generic intensifier.
- adj. (analysis, Of a metric space) in which every Cauchy sequence converges.
- adj. (algebra, Of a lattice) in which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.
- adj. (mathematics, Of a category) in which all small limits exist.
- adj. (logic, of a proof system of a formal system) With respect to a given semantics, that any well-formed…
- adj. (computing theory) With respect to a complexity class, used of a problem that is in that class and such…
cosher- v. To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of.
- v. To treat with fondness; to excessively dote on.
decent- adj. (obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
- adj. (of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other…
- adj. (informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
- adj. Fair; good enough; okay.
- adj. Significant; substantial.
- adj. (obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.
deprive- v. To take something away (and keep it away); deny someone of something.
divest- v. (transitive, archaic) To undress, disrobe.
- v. (transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege,…
- v. (transitive) To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary.
dry-cleaned- v. simple past tense and past participle of dry-clean.
empty- adj. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
- adj. (computing, programming) Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having…
- adj. (obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
- adj. Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
- adj. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
- adj. Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
- adj. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
- adj. (obsolete) Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.
- adj. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
- v. (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
- v. (intransitive) Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
- n. A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
fair- adj. (literary or archaic) Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
- adj. Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
- adj. Light in color, pale, particularly as regards skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
- adj. Just, equitable.
- adj. Adequate, reasonable, or decent.
- adj. (nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
- adj. Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.
- adj. Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage,…
- adj. (shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of…
- adj. (baseball) Between the baselines.
- n. Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
- n. (obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
- n. (obsolete) Fairness, beauty.
- n. A fair woman; a sweetheart.
- n. (obsolete) Good fortune; good luck.
- v. To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
- v. To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
- v. To construct or design a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline or reduce air…
- v. (obsolete) To make fair or beautiful.
- adv. clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably.
- n. A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
- n. An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
- n. An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
- n. A funfair, an amusement park.
fairly- adv. In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly.
- adv. Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously.
- adv. Honestly; properly.
- adv. Softly; quietly; gently.
- adv. Partly, not fully; somewhat.
fresh- adj. Newly produced or obtained.
- adj. Not cooked, dried, frozen, or spoiled.
- adj. (of plant material) Still green and not dried.
- adj. Refreshing or cool.
- adj. (of water) Without salt; not saline.
- adj. Rested; not tired or fatigued.
- adj. In a raw or untried state; uncultured; unpracticed.
- adj. youthful; florid.
- adv. recently; just recently; most recently.
- n. A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.
- n. A stream or spring of fresh water.
- n. The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing…
- adj. Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward.
- adj. Sexually aggressive or forward; prone to caress too eagerly; overly flirtatious.
groom- n. A man who is about to become or has recently become part of a married couple. Short form of bridegroom.
- n. A person who cares for horses.
- n. One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.
- n. A brushing or cleaning, as of a dog or horse.
- v. To attend to one's appearance and clothing.
- v. To care for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.
- v. To prepare someone for election or appointment.
- v. To prepare a ski slope for skiers.
- v. (transitive) To attempt to gain the trust of somebody, especially a minor, with the intention of subjecting…
halal- adj. (of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.
- adj. (Islam) Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
- v. (transitive) To make halal.
houseclean- v. (intransitive) To clean the interior and furnishings of a residence.
- v. (intransitive) To make major reforms; to clean house.
- v. (transitive) To clean the interior and residential furnishings of.
- v. (transitive) To rid of undesirable personnel and procedures.
immaculate- adj. Having no stain or blemish; spotless, undefiled, clear, pure.
just- adj. Factually right, correct; factual.
- adj. Rationally right, correct.
- adj. Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.
- adj. Proper, adequate.
- adv. Only, simply, merely.
- adv. (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.
- adv. (speech act) Used to convey a less serious or formal tone.
- adv. (speech act) Used to show humility.
- adv. (degree) absolutely, positively.
- adv. Moments ago, recently.
- adv. By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.
- adv. Exactly, precisely, perfectly.
- n. A joust, tournament.
- v. To joust, fight a tournament.
kosher- adj. (Judaism) Fit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food).
- adj. (figuratively, by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice.
- v. (transitive) To kasher; to prepare (for example, meat) in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish…
legible- adj. Being clear enough to be read, readable, particularly for handwriting.
light- n. (physics, uncountable) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation…
- n. A source of illumination.
- n. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
- n. (in the plural, now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
- n. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
- n. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those…
- n. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
- n. A flame or something used to create fire.
- n. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
- n. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
- n. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
- n. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- n. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
- n. The power of perception by vision.
- n. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- n. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler…
- v. (transitive) To start (a fire).
- v. (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
- v. (transitive) To illuminate.
- v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
- v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- adj. Having light.
- adj. Pale in colour.
- adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
- adj. Of low weight; not heavy.
- adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
- adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
- adj. Easy to endure or perform.
- adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
- adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
- adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached.
- adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
- adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
- adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
- adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
- adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
- adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
- adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
- adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
- adv. Carrying little.
- n. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
- v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter.
- v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
- v. To find by chance.
- v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice.
- v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.
modify- v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
- v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.
moral- adj. Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
- adj. Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical…
- adj. Capable of right and wrong action.
- adj. Probable but not proved.
- adj. Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
- n. (of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
- n. Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
- n. (obsolete) A morality play.
neat- n. (archaic) A bull or cow.
- n. (archaic) Cattle collectively.
- adj. Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
- adj. Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
- adj. (chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
- adj. (archaic) With all deductions or allowances made; net.
- adj. Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
- adj. Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
- adj. (colloquial) Good, excellent, desirable.
- n. (informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear…
neaten- v. To make neat; arrange in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.
perfect- adj. Fitting its definition precisely.
- adj. Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
- adj. Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
- adj. Excellent and delightful in all respects.
- adj. (grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.
- adj. (biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
- adj. (botany) Of flowers, having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.
- adj. (analysis) Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
- adj. (music) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that…
- adj. (of a cocktail) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
- adj. (obsolete) Well informed; certain; sure.
- n. (grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
- v. (transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.
- v. (law) To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.
pick- n. A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- n. A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- n. A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- n. A choice; ability to choose.
- n. That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- n. (basketball) A screen.
- n. (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- n. (American football) An interception.
- n. (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
- n. (baseball) A pickoff.
- n. (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- n. A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- n. (obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
- n. (printing, dated) A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face,…
- n. (art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
- n. (weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute);…
- v. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- v. To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached;…
- v. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- v. To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- v. To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- v. To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- v. (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand…
- v. (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- v. To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- v. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- v. To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- v. To steal; to pilfer.
- v. (obsolete) To throw; to pitch.
- v. (dated) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
plum- n. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica, often of a dark red or purple colour.
- n. The stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica.
- n. A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums.
- n. A desirable thing.
- n. (archaic) A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling, or…
- n. (dated) A good or choice thing of its kind, as among appointments, positions, parts of a book, etc.
- n. A raisin, when used in a pudding or cake.
- n. (pejorative) A fool, idiot.
- n. (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
- n. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species sharing Prunus subg. Prunus with Prunus domestica including,…
- n. The stone-fruit trees which bear these fruits.
- n. The fruits of many unrelated trees and shrubs with fruit perceived to resemble plums.
- n. The trees and shrubs bearing those fruits.
- adj. (comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.
- adj. (not comparable) Choice; especially lavish or preferred.
- adj. Plumb.
- adv. Completely; utterly.
- v. (mining) To plumb.
plumb- adj. Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
- adj. (cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should…
- adv. In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
- adv. (informal) Squarely, directly; completely.
- n. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical…
- n. (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
- v. To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
- v. To attach to a water supply and drain.
- v. To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.
- v. To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
- v. To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
- v. (dated) To seal something with lead.
- v. (intransitive) To work as a plumber.
- v. (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
- v. (US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
- v. (nautical) To position vertically above or below.
pristine- adj. Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- adj. Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something.
- adj. Perfect.
- adj. Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.
pure- adj. Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
- adj. Free of foreign material or pollutants.
- adj. Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
- adj. (of a branch of science) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
- adj. (phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
- adj. (of sound) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
- adv. (Liverpudlian) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
- v. (golf) to hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately.
- n. Alternative form of puer.
remove- v. (transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
- v. (transitive) To murder.
- v. (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
- v. (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
- v. (intransitive, now rare) To depart, leave.
- v. (intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.
- v. To dismiss or discharge from office.
- n. The act of removing something.
- n. (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced,…
- n. (Britain) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last.
- n. A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove").
- n. Distance in time or space; interval.
- n. (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
- n. The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
scavenge- v. (transitive) to collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for…
- v. (transitive) to remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing…
- v. (transitive) to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in…
- v. (intransitive) to feed on carrion or refuse.
scrubbed- v. simple past tense and past participle of scrub.
- adj. (surgery, not comparable) With hands washed according to operating room protocol and wearing sterile gown…
- adj. Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.
speckless- adj. spotless, perfectly clean.
- adj. spotless; without blemish.
spic- n. (US, Britain, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Spanish-speaking person, someone with a Central American or Latino…
spic-and-span- adj. Alternative form of spic and span.
spick- n. (US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Latino/Hispanic person.
- n. (obsolete) nail, a spike (slender piece of wood or metal, used as a fastener).
spick-and-span- adj. (idiomatic) Clean, spotless; original sense “like new”.
sporting- v. present participle of sport.
- adj. (not comparable) Pertaining to sports.
- adj. (comparable) Exhibiting sportsmanship.
- adj. (comparable) Having a reasonable chance of success.
- adj. (comparable) Fair, generous; ‘game’.
- adj. (not comparable) (obsolete) Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution,…
- n. The act of taking part in a sport.
sportsmanlike- adj. Demonstrating good sportsmanship, behaving in an honorable and appropriate manner.
sporty- adj. Favourable to sports.
- adj. Flashy in appearance.
spotless- adj. Exceptionally clean.
- adj. Impeccable and free from blemish.
straighten- v. (transitive) To cause to become straight.
- v. (intransitive) To become straight.
- v. (transitive) To put in order; to sort; to tidy up.
- v. (transitive) To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience).
- v. (transitive, slang) To bribe or corrupt.
- v. (intransitive) To stand up, especially from a sitting position.
strip- n. (countable, uncountable) Long, thin piece of land, or of any material.
- n. A comic strip.
- n. A landing strip.
- n. A strip steak.
- n. A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
- n. (fencing) The fencing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
- n. (UK football) the uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
- n. Striptease.
- n. (mining) A trough for washing ore.
- n. The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
- v. (transitive) To remove or take away.
- v. (usually intransitive) To take off clothing.
- v. (intransitive) To perform a striptease.
- v. (transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
- v. (transitive) To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear.
- v. (intransitive) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut.
- v. (transitive) To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.
- v. (transitive, bridge) To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also, strip-squeeze…
- v. (transitive) To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure…
- v. (transitive) To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the…
- v. (television, transitive) To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to…
- v. (transitive, agriculture) To pare off the surface of (land) in strips.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.
- v. To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
- v. To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
- v. To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands".
- v. To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
take- v. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- v. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- v. (transitive) To remove.
- v. (transitive) To have sex with.
- v. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- v. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- v. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- v. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- v. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
- v. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- v. (transitive) To consume.
- v. (transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.
- v. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- v. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- v. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- v. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- v. (transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- v. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- v. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- v. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- v. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- v. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- v. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- v. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- v. (transitive, of cloth, paper, etc) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to…
- v. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- v. (transitive) To require.
- v. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- v. (transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).
- v. (transitive) To avail oneself of.
- v. (transitive) To perform, to do.
- v. (transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
- v. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- v. (transitive) To move into.
- v. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- v. (transitive) To have or take recourse to.
- v. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- v. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- v. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- v. (transitive, dated) To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
- v. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- v. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- v. (transitive) To deal with.
- v. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- v. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow…
- v. (transitive, grammar) To have an be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- v. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- v. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- v. (intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- v. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
- v. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, give (something) to (someone).
- v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or…
- n. The or an act of taking.
- n. Something that is taken; a haul.
- n. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
- n. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- n. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a…
- n. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- n. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response…
- n. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- n. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- n. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
tidy- adj. (obsolete) In good time; at the right time; timely; seasonable; opportune; favourable; fit; suitable.
- adj. (obsolete) Brave; smart; skillful; fine; good.
- adj. Appropriate or suitable as regards occasion, circumstances, arrangement, or order.
- adj. Arranged neatly and in order.
- adj. Not messy; neat and controlled.
- adj. Satisfactory; comfortable.
- adj. (informal) Generous, considerable.
- v. To make tidy; to neaten.
- n. A tabletop container for pens and stationery.
- n. A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of…
- n. (dated) A child's pinafore.
- n. The wren.
- interj. (Wales) Expression of positive agreement, usually in reply to a question.
unarmed- adj. Defenceless and lacking weapons or armour.
- adj. Not carrying arms.
- adj. (biology) Not having thorns or claws etc.
unblemished- adj. faultless or lacking blemishes.
- adj. Free from evil or corruption.
uncloudeduninfectedunobjectionable- adj. Not objectionable; not causing any objection.
unqualified- adj. Not qualified, ineligible, unfit for a position or task.
- adj. Not elaborated upon, undescribed.
unsoiled- adj. Uncontaminated, undirtied, pure, clean, immaculate.
unspotted- adj. Not having spots.
- adj. Unseen.
- adj. (figuratively) Without stains or blots; sinless.
unstained- adj. Not dyed or discolored.
- adj. Pure, pristine, clean, immaculate, unadulterated.
unsulliedunused- adj. (not comparable) Not used.
- adj. Not accustomed (to), unfamiliar with.
washed- v. simple past tense and past participle of wash.
weightlift- v. (intransitive, rare, sports) To practise weightlifting.
weightlifting- n. A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.
- n. (sports) A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.
white- adj. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
- adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.
- adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
- adj. Relatively light or pale in colour.
- adj. Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
- adj. (of a person or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
- adj. (of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
- adj. (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong…
- adj. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
- adj. Honourable, fair; decent.
- adj. Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
- adj. (archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
- adj. (obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
- adj. (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
- adj. (of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.
- adj. (typography) Not containing characters; see white space.
- adj. (typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said…
- n. The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
- n. A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
- n. The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
- n. (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
- n. Any butterfly of the Pieris genus.
- n. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cue ball in cue games.
- n. (countable and uncountable) White wine.
- n. (slang) Cocaine.
- n. (archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which…
- n. The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
- n. A white pigment.
- v. (transitive) To make white; to whiten; to bleach.
withdraw- v. (transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
- v. (transitive) To take back (a comment, etc).
- v. (transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
- v. (transitive) To extract (money from an account).
- v. (intransitive) To retreat.
- v. (intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.
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