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cleaned

/kliːnd/

cleaned is the simple past and past participle of clean.

Meaning of clean

Verb

clean (third-person singular simple present cleans, present participle cleaning, simple past and past participle cleaned)

  1. (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
    • Can you clean the windows today?
  2. (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
    • Clean your room right now!
  3. (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
    • She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.
  4. (transitive) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
  5. (transitive) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
  6. (intransitive) 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.

See all 39 meanings of clean

Adjective

cleaned (not comparable)

  1. Having been made clean.

Words formed from cleaned

Phrases with cleaned

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Words that rhyme with cleaned

Questions about cleaned

What does cleaned mean?
Cleaned means having been made clean.
What is cleaned the simple past and past participle of?
Cleaned is the simple past and past participle of clean.
What part of speech is cleaned?
Cleaned is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cleaned?
Cleaned is pronounced /kliːnd/.

Words near cleaned in the dictionary

  1. cleanability
  2. cleanable
  3. cleanaholic
  4. cleanaholics
  5. cleane
  6. cleaned
  7. cleaned and jerked
  8. cleaned down
  9. cleaned house
  10. cleaned off
  11. cleaned one's plate

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