clean
part of speech
adjective (clean, cleaner, cleanest); verb (clean, cleans, cleaned, cleaning); adverb (clean)
meaning for a pupil
1) Clean means not dirty. tree →
2) To clean means to take the dirt away, by washing, wiping or sweeping. tree →
3) Clean also means fresh and unused: a clean sheet of paper. tree →
4) Clean can mean fair and following the rules: a clean game. tree →
5) As an adverb, clean means completely: I clean forgot. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a job done at a rate (rooms cleaned per hour), or clean and dirty things counted apart: clean + dirty = all. In health and safety: wash your hands clean to remove germs; clean water is safe to drink. At home: clean your room, clean up after yourself. Phrases: clean up, clean your teeth, clean water, a clean copy, come clean (tell the truth), clean energy.
examples
- She cleans 3 rooms in an hour. tree →
- 8 of the 20 cups are clean. tree →
- It takes 2 hours to clean the house. tree →
- How many dirty plates are left if 12 are clean? tree →
- Clean your teeth twice a day. tree →
- Please clean up your toys before dinner. tree →
- Start again on a clean page. tree →
- Wash your hands clean before eating. tree →
- He came clean and said he broke the vase. tree →
- "Somebody cleaned it," says the giant. tree →
note
Opposite: dirty. «Cleaner» is both «more clean» and a person or product that cleans. A job with a rate; clean + dirty = all. No clue by itself.
In the corpora
- An "E" next to a song means explicit, usually swearing or adult themes; many songs have a clean version.
- Wetlands soak up flood water like giant sponges and let it out slowly, and reed roots trap mud and clean the water.
- Zoos keep rescue groups of rare frogs in clean rooms until the wild is safe again.
- Sea tanks are made with special salt mixed into clean water and tested every day, and big filters clean the water like kidneys.
- Donkeys love to roll in dust, which scratches itches, cleans the coat and keeps off flies.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «clean» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.