Cleaned

Cleaned
Clean Clean (kl[=e]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleaned} (kl[=e]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cleaning}.] [See {Clean}, a., and cf. {Cleanse}.] To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse. [1913 Webster]

{To clean out}, to exhaust; to empty; to get away from (one) all his money. [Colloq.] --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]


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  • cleaned — adjective In a state of being clean …   Wiktionary

  • cleaned — kliːn n. washing, removing dirt v. wash, remove dirt; wash oneself adj. free from dirt; permissible, legal; smooth; simple; innocent adv. cleanly; completely …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cleaned up — organized, tidied up, arranged …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • cleaned seed — Seed which has been screened to remove weeds, seeds and chaff …   Combined glossary of agriculture

  • cleaned him out — stole all of his belongings; beat him thoroughly in gambling, left him with nothing …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cleaned up his act — improved himself, got himself together , worked out his problems …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cleaned out —  Penniless …   A concise dictionary of English slang

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