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cleanest Meaning & Definition

What Does Cleanest Mean?

Cleanest is used as an adjective meaning superlative form of clean: most clean. As a verb, it means second-person singular simple present indicative of clean. As a verb, it means To remove dirt from a place or object.

Cleanest: Key Facts

Part of speechadjective, verb
Synonymsclean
Antonymsdirty and unclean

Cleanest Definition (Adjective)

  1. superlative form of clean: most clean

Cleanest as a Verb

  1. second-person singular simple present indicative of clean

Verb

  1. To remove dirt from a place or object.

    Can you clean the windows today?

  2. To tidy up, make a place neat.

    Clean your room right now!

  3. To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
  4. To make things clean in general.

    She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.

  5. To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
  6. To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
  7. To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
  8. To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.

Adjective

  1. (heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
  2. (heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
  3. Smooth, exact, and performed well

    I’ll need a sharper knife to make clean cuts.  a clean leap over a fence

  4. Total; utter. (still in "clean sweep")
  5. Cool or neat.

    Wow, Dude, those are some clean shoes ya got there!

  6. (health) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

    I want to make sure my fiancé is clean before we are married.

  7. That does not damage the environment.

    clean energy;  clean coal

  8. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.

    clean land;  clean timber

  9. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
  10. Well-proportioned; shapely.

    clean limbs

  11. (of a route) Ascended without falling.

Synonyms of Cleanest

Cleanest synonyms and antonyms →

Antonyms of Cleanest

Cleanest in a Sentence

Can you clean the windows today?

Clean your room right now!

She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.

I’ll need a sharper knife to make clean cuts.  a clean leap over a fence

Wow, Dude, those are some clean shoes ya got there!

I want to make sure my fiancé is clean before we are married.

clean energy;  clean coal

clean land;  clean timber

clean limbs

Word Forms & Grammar

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Words That Rhyme With Cleanest

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Common Questions About Cleanest

Is cleanest an adjective or a verb?

Cleanest is mainly used as an adjective, but it can also be used as a verb.

What is another word for cleanest?

You can replace cleanest with words such as clean. See the full list of cleanest synonyms and antonyms.

What is the opposite of cleanest?

Words opposite in meaning to cleanest are dirty and unclean.

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