CLEAN


Meaning of CLEAN in English

I.

noun

Clean is used after these nouns: ↑ spring

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ effectively , well

This product ~s baths very effectively.

▪ easily

Ceramic tiles can be easily ~ed.

▪ properly , thoroughly

I ~ the house thoroughly once a week.

▪ carefully , gently

He gently ~ed the wound and dressed it.

▪ out , up

I ~ed out all the cupboards.

PREPOSITION

▪ away

She wiped her foot to ~ away the blood.

▪ from , off

I ~ed the mud off the kitchen floor.

▪ with

Clean the glass with a soft cloth.

PHRASES

▪ freshly ~ed

The freshly ~ed windows sparkled.

▪ need ~ing

Your shoes need ~ing!

Clean is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ apartment , ↑ bathroom , ↑ blackboard , ↑ brush , ↑ carpet , ↑ chimney , ↑ closet , ↑ contact lens , ↑ cut , ↑ desk , ↑ dish , ↑ ear , ↑ exterior , ↑ fish , ↑ floor , ↑ glass , ↑ glasses , ↑ graffiti , ↑ house , ↑ nail , ↑ oven , ↑ painting , ↑ plate , ↑ room , ↑ shoe , ↑ stall , ↑ tank , ↑ tooth , ↑ window , ↑ windscreen , ↑ wing , ↑ wound

III.

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , look , seem , smell

The room smelled ~ and fresh.

▪ stay

The bathroom doesn't stay ~ for long.

▪ brush sth , get sth , scrape sth , scrub sth , wash , wipe sth

I scrubbed the floor to get it ~.

She wiped all the surfaces ~.

▪ leave sth

Please leave the kitchen ~.

▪ keep sth

You're supposed to keep your room ~.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ completely , perfectly , totally

▪ reasonably , relatively

▪ immaculately , spotlessly

The whole house was spotlessly ~.

▪ almost , nearly

It's almost ~. I just have to wipe the table.

PHRASES

▪ ~ and tidy ( esp. BrE ), neat and ~ ( AmE )

His room is always ~ and tidy/neat and ~.

▪ lovely and ~ ( BrE ), nice and ~

The water was lovely and ~.

Clean is used with these nouns: ↑ air , ↑ bandage , ↑ break , ↑ catch , ↑ clothes , ↑ coal , ↑ conscience , ↑ copy , ↑ cut , ↑ dish , ↑ dressing , ↑ driving licence , ↑ election , ↑ electricity , ↑ energy , ↑ environment , ↑ fight , ↑ floor , ↑ fuel , ↑ fun , ↑ hand , ↑ handkerchief , ↑ image , ↑ kill , ↑ kitchen , ↑ laundry , ↑ linen , ↑ look , ↑ nappy , ↑ needle , ↑ pair , ↑ plate , ↑ rag , ↑ record , ↑ room , ↑ shave , ↑ sheet , ↑ shirt , ↑ shot , ↑ sock , ↑ sound , ↑ straw , ↑ street , ↑ syringe , ↑ towel , ↑ underwear , ↑ water , ↑ window , ↑ wound

IV.

adv.

Clean is used with these verbs: ↑ forget

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .