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clean

adjective
  1. Free from dirt, stain, or impurities: antiseptic, cleanly, immaculate, spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied. See clean
  2. Without imperfections or blemishes, as a line or contour: perfect, regular. See beautiful
  3. Well done or executed: adroit, deft, neat, skillful. See ability, good
  4. Free from evil and corruption: angelic, angelical, innocent, lily-white, pure, sinless, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unstained, unsullied, untainted, virginal. Idiom: pure as the driven snow. See clean, right, sex
  5. Not lewd or obscene: decent, modest, wholesome. See decent
  6. According to the rules: fair, sporting, sportsmanlike, sportsmanly. See fair
  7. Slang. Free from guilt or blame: blameless, faultless, guiltless, harmless, innocent, irreproachable, lily-white, unblamable. Idiom: in the clear. See right
adverb
Informal. To the fullest extent: absolutely, all, altogether, completely, dead, entirely, flat, fully, just, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, well 2, wholly. Informal: clear. Idioms: in toto, through and through. See big, limited
verb
  1. To make or keep (an area) clean and orderly. Also used with up: clear (up), neaten (up), police, spruce (up), straighten (up), tidy (up). See order
  2. To make neat and trim; make presentable. Also used with up: freshen (up), groom, neaten (up), slick up, spruce (up), tidy (up), trig (out), trim. See order
  3. To make or become clear by the removal of impurities: clarify, cleanse, purify, refine. See clean
phrasal verb

clean out
  1. To remove the contents of: clear, empty (out), evacuate, vacate, void. See full
  2. Slang. To reduce to financial insolvency: bankrupt, break, bust, impoverish, pauperize, ruin. See money
phrasal verb

clean up
Slang. To make a large profit: batten, profit. Idiom: make a killing. See money
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