CLEAN

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clean I. adjectiv

1. curat, neîntinat, alb; spălat;

clean hands mâini curate;

(fig.) to have clean hands, to keep one’s hands clean a avea mâinile curate, a fi incoruptibil;

(fig.) to show a clean pair of heels a-şi lua tălpăşiţa, a-şi lua picioarele la spinare;

(as) clean as a pin / whistle etc. curat ca lacrima, alb ca zăpada etc.;

clean linen rufe curate;

to make a clean sweep of a) a scăpa cu desăvârşire de; b) a curăţa, a goli;

to make a clean sweep of smb. a curăţa pe cineva de bani;

(fig.) to keep a clean tongue a păstra un secret, a nu trăda un secret, a-şi ţine gura.

2. curat, pur, fără impurităţi, neamestecat;

clean wheat grâu curat, fără impurităţi;

clean timber cherestea curată (fără noduri etc.).

3. curat, îngrijit, ordonat, rânduit;

clean room cameră curată;

to make a clean copy of a scrie pe curat.

4. curat, nefolosit;

a clean sheet (of) paper o coală de hârtie curată.

5. (fig.) curat (moraliceşte), pur; cast;

a clean conscience o conştiinţă curată.

6. potrivit, adecvat;

it isn’t the clean thing nu e ceea ce se cere.

7. (bibl.) curat, nespurcat.

8. (despre constituţie, corp) bine făcut, armonios.

9. dibaci, îndemânatic; sprinten; iscusit, măestrit;

clean stroke lovitură iscusită.

10. curat, net.

clean II. adverb

1. complet, cu desăvârşire, pe de-a-ntregul; de-a binelea; pur şi simplu;

I clean forgot to ask him am uitat cu desăvârşire să-l întreb;

I was clean done up eram frânt de oboseală;

clean different cu totul diferit;

(pop.) he’s clean off his chump e nebun de-a binelea, e nebun de legat;

to go clean off one’s head a-şi pierde capul cu desăvârşire.

2. drept, direct;

to hit clean in the eye a nimeri / a pocni drept în ochi.

clean III. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a curăţa, a curăţi; a spăla, a albi; a purifica; a şterge, a netezi, a lustrui (metale), a spăla (aurul); a egrena (bumbacul); a curăţi de nămol (fundul apei); a stoarce (piei); a rafina (zahărul).

2. to clean away vezi to clean off;

to clean down a) a curăţa de sus până jos; b) a mătura, a şterge (praful de pe pereţi etc.); c) a ţesăla (caii);

to clean off a curăţa, a şterge;

to clean out a) a curăţa, a mătura; a curăţa de mâl; b) a goli, a deşerta; c) (sl.) a curăţa, a toca (de bani), a lăsa lefter; a decava;

to clean up a) a deretica; a strânge; a freca (duşumelele); b) a spăla (mănuşi); c) a sfârşi, a isprăvi (treaba).

clean III. verb B. intranzitiv

a-şi face toaleta, a se pune la punct; a se dichisi, a se ferchezui.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

He began by taking a clean white cloth from a drawer and laying it over the table.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A clean space of deck showed where it had stood.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Dakin's solution is used as an antiseptic to clean infected topical wounds.

(Dakins Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

You won’t have to spend a lot—you can paint, declutter, make repairs, or simply have your place thoroughly cleaned.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

When your kidneys are healthy, they clean your blood.

(Dialysis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

After picking out the silver shoe, which was all that was left of the old woman, she cleaned and dried it with a cloth, and put it on her foot again.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

I should not care to see my daughter, my one daughter, who is so clean and pure, love a man like him.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

The parlour was rather a small room, very plainly furnished, yet comfortable, because clean and neat.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I have no relief but in putting on my best clothes, and having my boots cleaned over and over again.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

They've got off clean, and there's an end.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

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