clean

clean
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noun
Clean is used after these nouns: ↑spring
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verb
ADVERB
effectively, well

This product cleans baths very effectively.

easily

Ceramic tiles can be easily cleaned.

properly, thoroughly

I clean the house thoroughly once a week.

carefully, gently

He gently cleaned the wound and dressed it.

out, up

I cleaned out all the cupboards.

PREPOSITION
away

She wiped her foot to clean away the blood.

from, off

I cleaned the mud off the kitchen floor.

with

Clean the glass with a soft cloth.

PHRASES
freshly cleaned

The freshly cleaned windows sparkled.

need cleaning

Your shoes need cleaning!

Clean is used with these nouns as the object: ↑apartment, ↑bathroom, ↑blackboard, ↑brush, ↑carpet, ↑chimney, ↑closet, ↑contact lens, ↑cut, ↑desk, ↑dish, ↑ear, ↑exterior, ↑fish, ↑floor, ↑glass, ↑glasses, ↑graffiti, ↑house, ↑nail, ↑oven, ↑painting, ↑plate, ↑room, ↑shoe, ↑stall, ↑tank, ↑tooth, ↑window, ↑windscreen, ↑wing, ↑wound
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adj.
VERBS
be, look, seem, smell

The room smelled clean and fresh.

stay

The bathroom doesn't stay clean for long.

brush sth, get sth, scrape sth, scrub sth, wash, wipe sth

I scrubbed the floor to get it clean.

She wiped all the surfaces clean.

leave sth

Please leave the kitchen clean.

keep sth

You're supposed to keep your room clean.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
completely, perfectly, totally
reasonably, relatively
immaculately, spotlessly

The whole house was spotlessly clean.

almost, nearly

It's almost clean. I just have to wipe the table.

PHRASES
clean and tidy (esp. BrE), neat and clean (AmE)

His room is always clean and tidy/neat and clean.

lovely and clean (BrE), nice and clean

The water was lovely and clean.

Clean is used with these nouns: ↑air, ↑bandage, ↑break, ↑catch, ↑clothes, ↑coal, ↑conscience, ↑copy, ↑cut, ↑dish, ↑dressing, ↑driving licence, ↑election, ↑electricity, ↑energy, ↑environment, ↑fight, ↑floor, ↑fuel, ↑fun, ↑hand, ↑handkerchief, ↑image, ↑kill, ↑kitchen, ↑laundry, ↑linen, ↑look, ↑nappy, ↑needle, ↑pair, ↑plate, ↑rag, ↑record, ↑room, ↑shave, ↑sheet, ↑shirt, ↑shot, ↑sock, ↑sound, ↑straw, ↑street, ↑syringe, ↑towel, ↑underwear, ↑water, ↑window, ↑wound
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adv.
Clean is used with these verbs: ↑forget

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