English > make clean: 1 sense > verb 1, contact| Meaning | make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonym | clean |
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| Narrower | bream | clean (a ship's bottom) with heat |
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| brush | clean with a brush |
| disinfect | Destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing |
| dry clean | clean with chemical agents |
| dust | Remove the dust from |
| pipe-clay | whiten or clean with pipe-clay |
| preen, plume | clean with one's bill |
| sanitize, sanitise, hygienize, hygienise | make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing |
| scavenge | clean refuse from |
| steam, steam clean | clean by means of steaming |
| sweep | clean by sweeping |
| vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover | clean with a vacuum cleaner |
| wash, launder | cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water |
| wash up, do the dishes | wash dishes |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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| Opposite | dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire | make soiled, filthy, or dirty |
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| Similar to | clean | Be cleanable |
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| houseclean, clean house, clean | clean and tidy up the house |
| Spanish | lavar, limpiar |
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| Catalan | netejar |
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