clean
/kliːn/
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Translation
To take away dirt from something so it is no longer dirty.
Word origin
From Old English claene, meaning clean or pure.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- claene
Grammar
Verb typeregular (clean, cleans, cleaned)
Examples
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"Clean" means to take away dirt from something.
kitchen .
"Cleans" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Cleaned" is the past form of "clean".
To clean is to take away dirt from something so it is no longer dirty. The past form is "cleaned".
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