clean

Pronúncia: kliːn
    adjective
  1. [free from dirt] net.
  2. [clear-cut] net, ben definit.
  3. [shapely] ben fet, ben format.
  4. [unobstructed] net, sense obstacles.
  5. [adroit] destre, elegant.
  6. [pure, not having dirty habits] decent.
  7. [of proofs, revises] net, corregit.
  8. as clean as a new pin net com una patena.
  9. to come clean figurative & slang confessar-ho tot, cantar, buidar el pap.
  10. to make something clean netejar una cosa.
  11. to keep something clean mantenir neta una cosa.
  12. keep the conversation clean no digueu grolleries.
    13. adverb
  13. totalment, enterament.
  14. exactament.
  15. he cut clean through ho va tallar d’un cop.
  16. it cuts clean across tradition talla clarament la tradició.
  17. to get clean away escapolir-se, escapar-se sense deixar rastre.
  18. the fish jumped clean out of the net el peix va saltar fora de la xarxa.
    19. noun
  19. neteja, netejada.
  20. to give the car a good clean fer una bona rentada al cotxe.
    21. transitive verb
  21. netejar.
  22. rentar.
  23. [streets] netejar, escombrar.
  24. [dry-clean] rentar en sec.
  25. to clean out netejar buidant.
  26. to clean out a box netejar una caixa per dintre, buidar una caixa i netejar-la.
  27. we were cleaned out ens vam quedar (pelats \ nets \ sense ni cinc).
  28. to clean up netejar del tot, fer una bona neteja, netejar i endreçar.
  29. to clean up a novel suprimir els passatges indecents d’una novel·la.
  30. they are trying to clean up television volen fer els programes de la televisió menys indecents.
  31. to clean up after someone netejar allò que un altre ha embrutat.
  32. we cleaned up £50 vam guanyar-hi 50 lliures.