| Main Entry: | clean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty, uncluttered |
Synonyms: |
absterge, bath, bathe, blot, brush, cauterize, clarify, cleanse, clear the decks, clear up, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, do up, dredge, dust, edulcorate, elutriate, erase, expunge, expurgate, flush, hackle, launder, lave, mop, neaten, pick, pick up, polish, purge, purify, rake, rasp, refine, rinse, rout out, sanitize, scald, scour, scrape, scrub, shake out, shampoo, soak, soap, sponge, spruce up, sterilize, straighten up, swab, sweep, tidy up, vacuum, wash, whisk, winnow, wipe |
Antonyms: |
adulterate, defile, dirty, foul, soil, stain |
| Main Entry: | cleaning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cleansing |
Synonyms: |
ablution, antisepsis, brushing, catharsis, deodorizing, disinfection, dusting, prophylaxis, purgation, purge, purification, sanitation, scouring, scrubbing, shampooing, sterilization, sweeping, tidying, washing |
| Main Entry: | bathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wash with water and, usually, soap |
Synonyms: |
bath, clean, cleanse, dip, douse, dunk, flood, hose, imbathe, imbue, immerse, moisten, rinse, scour, scrub, shower, soak, soap, sponge, steep, submerge, suffuse, tub, water, wet |
| Notes: | bath (noun) is the act of soaking or cleansing the body while bathe (verb) is to take a bath |
Antonyms: |
dirty |
| Main Entry: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean, prepare by whisking |
Synonyms: |
buff, clean, paint, polish, sweep, wash, whisk, wipe |
| Main Entry: | butcher |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slay and prepare animal for meat |
Synonyms: |
beef up, carve, clean, cure, cut, cut down, dress, joint, liquidate, salt, slaughter, smoke, stick |
| Main Entry: | clarify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purify |
Synonyms: |
clean, cleanse, depurate, distill, filter, rarefy, refine |
Antonyms: |
dirty, muddle, muddy |
| Main Entry: | cleanse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty; wash |
Synonyms: |
absolve, clarify, clean, clear, depurgate, disinfect, expurgate, launder, lustrate, purge, purify, refine, restore, rinse, sanitize, scour, scrub, sterilize |
Antonyms: |
dirty, soil, spot |
| Main Entry: | delete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | erase, remove |
Synonyms: |
X-out, annul, black out, bleep, blot out, blue-pencil, cancel, clean, clean up, cross out, cut, cut out, decontaminate, destroy, drop, edit, efface, eliminate, exclude, expunge, obliterate, omit, pass up, rub, rub out, rule out, sanitize, snip, squash, squelch, sterilize, strike out, trim, wipe out |
Antonyms: |
add, put in |
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delve into; hollow out |
Synonyms: |
bore, break up, bulldoze, burrow, cat, channel, clean, concave, deepen, depress, dig down, discover, dredge, drill, drive, enter, excavate, exhume, fork out, go into, gouge, grub, harvest, hoe, investigate, mine, penetrate, pierce, pit, probe, produce, quarry, root, root out, rout, sap, scoop, scoop out, search, shovel, sift, spade, till, tunnel, turn over, uncover, undermine, unearth |
Antonyms: |
fill |
| Main Entry: | disembowel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gut |
Synonyms: |
clean, disbowel, draw, empty, eviscerate, exenterate, extract |