cleaned

verbmake undirty, uncluttered

Synonyms for cleaned

verb make undirty, uncluttered

Antonyms for cleaned

washed

adjective. laundered

Word Origin & History

Old English clæne "free from dirt or filth; pure, chaste, innocent; open, in the open," of beasts, "ritually safe to eat," from West Germanic *klainoz "clear, pure" (cf. Old Saxon kleni "dainty, delicate," Old Frisian klene "small," Old High German kleini "delicate, fine, small," German klein "small;" English preserves the original Germanic sense), from PIE root *gel- "bright, gleaming" (cf. Greek glene "eyeball," Old Irish gel "bright").

"Largely replaced by clear, pure in the higher senses" [Weekley], but as a verb (mid-15c.) it has largely usurped what once belonged to cleanse. Meaning "whole, entire" is from c.1300 (clean sweep in the figurative sense is from 1821). Sense of "innocent" is from c.1300; that of "not lewd" is from 1867; that of "not carrying anything forbidden" is from 1938; that of "free of drug addiction" is from 1950s. To come clean "confess" is from 1919, American English.

Example Sentences for cleaned

I'd been cleaned out o' everything I had by a man I trusted, and I was flat broke.

All the utensils should be cleaned and put away as soon as they are done with.

Then he raked out the coals and cleaned the floor and put in his bread.

It was well that the attic should be cleaned, though the savor of the task was gone.

I'm a going up, soon as I've got the things on the line and cleaned myself.

Add the sultanas (well cleaned), and the rest of the dry ingredients.

It is cleaned inside and out, and all the seams are double-soldered.

The edge should be cleaned up flush with the hull by the aid of a plane.

If the fish is to be boiled, after it is cleaned, a little salt and vinegar should be put into the water, to give it firmness.

A plainer way is to dry the fish, after it has been washed and cleaned, and lay it on a board before the fire, dusted with flour.

cleaned

Synonyms for cleaned

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