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)
- To remove dirt from a place or object.
- Can you clean the windows today?
- To tidy up, make a place neat.
- Clean your room right now!
- To make things clean in general.
- She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.
- To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
- To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
- 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.
Adjective
cleaned (not comparable)
- Having been made clean.
Words formed from cleaned
Phrases with cleaned
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
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cleaned (page history and authors); clean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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