| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To make or become clear by the removal of impurities: clarify, cleanse, purify, refine. See CLEAN. 2. To make neat and trim; make presentable. Also used with up: freshen (up), groom, neaten (up), slick up, spruce (up), tidy (up), trig (out), trim. See ORDER. 3. To make or keep (an area) clean and orderly. Also used with up: clear (up), neaten (up), police, spruce (up), straighten (up), tidy (up). See ORDER. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Free from dirt, stain, or impurities: antiseptic, cleanly, immaculate, spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied. See CLEAN. 2. Not lewd or obscene: decent, modest, wholesome. See DECENT. 3. Without imperfections or blemishes, as a line or contour: perfect, regular. See BEAUTIFUL. 4. Free from evil and corruption: angelic, angelical, innocent, lily-white, pure, sinless, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unstained, unsullied, untainted, virginal. Idioms: pure as the driven snow. See CLEAN, RIGHT, SEX. 5. Slang. Free from guilt or blame: blameless, faultless, guiltless, harmless, innocent, irreproachable, lily-white, unblamable. Idioms: in the clear. See RIGHT. 6. Well done or executed: adroit, deft, neat, skillful. See ABILITY, GOOD. 7. According to the rules: fair, sporting, sportsmanlike, sportsmanly. See FAIR. | | ADVERB: | Informal. To the fullest extent: absolutely, all, altogether, completely, dead, entirely, flat, fully, just, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, well2, wholly. Informal : clear. Idioms: in toto, through and through. See BIG, LIMITED. | | PHRASAL VERB: | clean out To remove the contents of: clear, empty (out), evacuate, vacate, void. See FULL. clean out Slang. To reduce to financial insolvency: bankrupt, break, bust, impoverish, pauperize, ruin. See MONEY. clean up Slang. To make a large profit: batten, profit. Idioms: make a killing. See MONEY.
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