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clean
verb
to
remove
dirt
or
unwanted
substances
from
something
•
Every
Saturday
we
clean
the
house
from
top
to
bottom
.
Every
Saturday
we
clean
the
house
from
top
to
bottom
.
•
Please
clean
your
hands
with
soap
before
dinner
.
Please
clean
your
hands
with
soap
before
dinner
.
From
Old
English
clǣnian
‘
to
purify
,
cleanse
’,
derived
from
the
adjective
.
verb
to
remove
dirt
or
unwanted
things
from
something
so
it
becomes
tidy
or
safe
•
I
need
to
clean
my
room
before
guests
arrive
.
I
need
to
clean
my
room
before
guests
arrive
.
•
Mina
cleaned
the
windows
until
they
sparkled
.
Mina
cleaned
the
windows
until
they
sparkled
.
noun
the
first
part
of
the
weight-lifting
move
“
clean
and
jerk
”,
where
the
barbell
is
lifted
from
the
floor
to
the
shoulders
in
one
motion
•
Her
clean
was
an
impressive
110
kilograms
at
the
competition
.
Her
clean
was
an
impressive
110
kilograms
at
the
competition
.
•
Practising
the
clean
every
day
helped
him
perfect
his
form
.
Practising
the
clean
every
day
helped
him
perfect
his
form
.
lean
verb
-
lean
,
leaning
,
leans
,
leaned
,
leant
to
bend
your
body
or
move
something
so
it
is
at
an
angle
,
often
resting
for
support
•
The
curious
boy
leaned
forward
to
smell
the
flower
.
The
curious
boy
leaned
forward
to
smell
the
flower
.
•
During
the
group
photo
,
everyone
leaned
to
the
left
so
they
would
all
fit
in
the
frame
.
During
the
group
photo
,
everyone
leaned
to
the
left
so
they
would
all
fit
in
the
frame
.
Old
English
hlǣnan
“
cause
to
lean
”,
later
re-analysed
as
an
intransitive
verb
meaning
“
to
incline
”.
verb
-
lean
,
leaning
,
leans
,
leaned
,
leant
to
depend
on
someone
or
something
for
help
or
support
•
Whenever
I
have
problems
,
I
lean
on
my
best
friend
for
advice
.
Whenever
I
have
problems
,
I
lean
on
my
best
friend
for
advice
.
•
The
village
leaned
on
tourism
after
the
factory
closed
.
The
village
leaned
on
tourism
after
the
factory
closed
.
Figurative
sense
of
“
lean
”
meaning
“
rely
”
recorded
from
the
17th
century
.
