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noun
verb
- (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.
- (transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
- (transitive) To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
- purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins
adj
- ritually clean or pure
- thorough and without qualification
- (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
- free from impurities
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- free of drugs
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- morally pure
- free from sepsis or infection
- free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
- not carrying concealed weapons
- without difficulties or problems
- (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
- not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
- Utter, complete, total; pure; free from restraint.
- (informal) Cool or neat.
- Empty.
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position.
- Pure, especially morally or religiously.
- Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
- (informal) Devoid of profanity.
- Free of infiltration by covert listening or recording devices (bugs), enemy spies, etc.
- Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.
- Well-proportioned; shapely.
- (sports, for example, professional wrestling, slang) Of a victory or performance: without any blemishes such as submission holds, disqualification, interference, etc.
- In an unmarked condition; blank.
- That does not damage the environment (as much as some alternative).
- (aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
- Free from (or showing no signs of) corrupt, unlawful, and/or sinister conduct or connections (and (of criminal, driving, etc. records) therefore without restrictions or penalties).
- (informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
- Devoid of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
- (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
- (of metal) Having relatively few impurities.
- Not using drugs or alcohol.
- Smooth, exact, and performed well.
noun
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
- (in the plural, metal music) Clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams.
- (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
- Removal of dirt.
adv
verb
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- clean and tidy up the house
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
- make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
- be cleanable
- remove shells or husks from
- remove while making clean
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- remove unwanted substances from
- deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
- (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
- (slang) To beat, to thrash; to defeat.
- (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
- (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
- (intransitive, curling) 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.
- (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
- (video games) Synonym of clean up.
- (transitive) To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
- (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
verb
noun
- a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.
- purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
- the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
- The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt.
noun
- a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
- the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
- the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing
- the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
- A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
- (Christianity) The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.
noun
- A purification or cleansing, especially emotional.
- (psychology) A therapeutic technique to relieve tension by reestablishing the association of an emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and then eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction).
- (drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).
- (medicine) Purging of the digestive system.
- Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely.
- purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
- (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
noun
- A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
- a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
- (philosophy) The moment at which an object is first assigned a proper name.
- (Christianity) A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
verb
- purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
- (transitive) Synonym of purify, to ritually cleanse or renew, particularly to do so with a propitiatory offering or (historical) the lustration, quinquennial ritual of the Roman censor to cleanse the city after a census.
- (ambitransitive, with 'through') Synonym of pass through, traverse.
verb
- (paganism, intransitive) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
- (paganism, transitive) To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
- To soil or smear with dirt.
- To obscure by blurring; to smear.
- To stifle or smother with smoke.
- To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
noun
- (US) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
- A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
- (paganism, especially in the phrase "smudge stick" = "stick of incense") A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
- Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
- a smoky fire to drive away insects
- a blemish made by dirt
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- give a benediction to
- confer prosperity or happiness on
- To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- To invoke divine favor upon.
- (Christianity) To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
- (Philippines) To perform the mano gesture; taking of an elder's hand to press it to one's forehead or kiss it (as a sign of respect)
- (MTE, slang) To give or send.
- (Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
- (transitive) To approve of or assent to.
- To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
intj
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- appoint to a clerical posts
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- dedicate to a deity by a vow
- (transitive, Roman Catholicism, specifically) To ordain as a bishop.
- (transitive) To commit (oneself or one's time) solemnly to some aim or task.
- (transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.
adj
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- give religious sanction to, such as through an oath
- make pure or free from sin or guilt
- (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
- (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.
- (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
- (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
noun
- The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
- (chemistry) Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non-dissolved substance.
- (Islam) wudu, ritual washing of the limbs and head performed immediately before prayer or holding the Quran
- The liquid used in the cleansing or ablution.
- (plural only, UK, military) The location or building where the showers and basins are located.
- (literary or humorous, usually in the plural) Washing oneself; bathing, cleaning oneself up.
- (Western Christianity) The rinsing of the priest's hand and the sacred vessel following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and wine, which may then be drunk by the priest.
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after the Communion.
- the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
adj
noun
noun
- A religious rite or ritual.
- (Israel, West Bank, also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
- (law) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
- (nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
- Access to resources such as hotel rooms and Web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.
- (economics) The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.
- A set of dishes or utensils.
- (business) Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
- (elliptical, uncountable) Work as a member of the military.
- (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
- The sorb; the fruit of this tree.
- An act of being of assistance to someone.
- (sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
- A musical composition for use in churches.
- The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
- Service tree.
- A department in a company, organization, or institution.
- (with the) The military.
- a force that is a branch of the armed forces
- periodic maintenance on a car or machine
- work done by one person or group that benefits another
- a means of serving
- the act of mating by male animals
- employment in or work for another
- the act of public worship following prescribed rules
- a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance
- the performance of duties by a waiter or servant
- (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of their lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to them
- (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
- the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
- tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
verb
- (transitive) To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).
- (transitive) To serve.
- (transitive) To perform maintenance.
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To attack.
- (public relations, transitive) To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.
- (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, vulgar) To perform a sexual act upon.
- mate with
- be used by; as of a utility
- make fit for use
verb
- To purify or refine (something).
- (by extension) To heat (something) to dry and sterilize it.
- To burn up (something) completely; to incinerate; hence, to destroy (something).
- (physical chemistry) To heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it; specifically, to decompose (carbonates) into oxides, and, especially, to heat (limestone) to form quicklime.
- (intransitive, physical chemistry) Of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it.
- (alchemy, historical) To heat (a substance) to remove its impurities and refine it.
- heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces
noun
noun
- A form of purgatory.
- The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
- The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
- the state of being disregarded or forgotten
- total forgetfulness
verb
noun
- a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census
- (historical) A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census.
- a period lasting five years
- (by extension, literary) Synonym of quinquennium: Any 5-year period.
noun
verb
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- (intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
- (transitive, figurative) To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
- (transitive) To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- (intransitive) To escape.
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- (transitive) To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- (transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.
- (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
- eat hastily without proper chewing
- make or roll into bolts
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- secure or lock with a bolt
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- move or jump suddenly
- swallow hastily
adv
noun
- (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- the act of moving with great haste
noun
- (Christianity) The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.
- (Christianity) The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.
- (UK, New England) A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
- (construction, interior design) A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
- A laver: a washbasin.
- (Christianity, usually figurative) A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins.
- (euphemistic) A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).
- (Christianity) A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist.
- (Christianity) A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.
- A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly:
- Handwashing as an act, particularly
- a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
- a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
noun
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.
- (transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
- (transitive) To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
- purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins
noun
- a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.
- purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
- the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
- The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt.
noun
- a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
- the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
- the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing
- the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
- A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
- (Christianity) The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.
noun
- A purification or cleansing, especially emotional.
- (psychology) A therapeutic technique to relieve tension by reestablishing the association of an emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and then eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction).
- (drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).
- (medicine) Purging of the digestive system.
- Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely.
- purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
- (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
noun
- A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
- a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
- (philosophy) The moment at which an object is first assigned a proper name.
- (Christianity) A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
noun
- The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
- (chemistry) Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non-dissolved substance.
- (Islam) wudu, ritual washing of the limbs and head performed immediately before prayer or holding the Quran
- The liquid used in the cleansing or ablution.
- (plural only, UK, military) The location or building where the showers and basins are located.
- (literary or humorous, usually in the plural) Washing oneself; bathing, cleaning oneself up.
- (Western Christianity) The rinsing of the priest's hand and the sacred vessel following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and wine, which may then be drunk by the priest.
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after the Communion.
- the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
noun
- A religious rite or ritual.
- (Israel, West Bank, also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
- (law) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
- (nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
- Access to resources such as hotel rooms and Web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.
- (economics) The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.
- A set of dishes or utensils.
- (business) Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
- (elliptical, uncountable) Work as a member of the military.
- (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
- The sorb; the fruit of this tree.
- An act of being of assistance to someone.
- (sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
- A musical composition for use in churches.
- The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
- Service tree.
- A department in a company, organization, or institution.
- (with the) The military.
- a force that is a branch of the armed forces
- periodic maintenance on a car or machine
- work done by one person or group that benefits another
- a means of serving
- the act of mating by male animals
- employment in or work for another
- the act of public worship following prescribed rules
- a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance
- the performance of duties by a waiter or servant
- (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of their lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to them
- (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
- the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
- tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
verb
- (transitive) To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).
- (transitive) To serve.
- (transitive) To perform maintenance.
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To attack.
- (public relations, transitive) To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.
- (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, vulgar) To perform a sexual act upon.
- mate with
- be used by; as of a utility
- make fit for use
noun
- A form of purgatory.
- The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
- The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
- the state of being disregarded or forgotten
- total forgetfulness
verb
noun
- a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census
- (historical) A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census.
- a period lasting five years
- (by extension, literary) Synonym of quinquennium: Any 5-year period.
noun
noun
- (Christianity) The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.
- (Christianity) The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.
- (UK, New England) A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
- (construction, interior design) A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
- A laver: a washbasin.
- (Christianity, usually figurative) A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins.
- (euphemistic) A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).
- (Christianity) A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist.
- (Christianity) A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.
- A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly:
- Handwashing as an act, particularly
- a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
- a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
noun
adj
verb
verb
- purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
- (transitive) Synonym of purify, to ritually cleanse or renew, particularly to do so with a propitiatory offering or (historical) the lustration, quinquennial ritual of the Roman censor to cleanse the city after a census.
- (ambitransitive, with 'through') Synonym of pass through, traverse.
verb
- (paganism, intransitive) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
- (paganism, transitive) To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
- To soil or smear with dirt.
- To obscure by blurring; to smear.
- To stifle or smother with smoke.
- To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
noun
- (US) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
- A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
- (paganism, especially in the phrase "smudge stick" = "stick of incense") A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
- Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
- a smoky fire to drive away insects
- a blemish made by dirt
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- give a benediction to
- confer prosperity or happiness on
- To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- To invoke divine favor upon.
- (Christianity) To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
- (Philippines) To perform the mano gesture; taking of an elder's hand to press it to one's forehead or kiss it (as a sign of respect)
- (MTE, slang) To give or send.
- (Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
- (transitive) To approve of or assent to.
- To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
intj
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- appoint to a clerical posts
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- dedicate to a deity by a vow
- (transitive, Roman Catholicism, specifically) To ordain as a bishop.
- (transitive) To commit (oneself or one's time) solemnly to some aim or task.
- (transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.
adj
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- give religious sanction to, such as through an oath
- make pure or free from sin or guilt
- (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
- (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.
- (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
- (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.
- (transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
- (transitive) To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
- purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins
verb
- To purify or refine (something).
- (by extension) To heat (something) to dry and sterilize it.
- To burn up (something) completely; to incinerate; hence, to destroy (something).
- (physical chemistry) To heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it; specifically, to decompose (carbonates) into oxides, and, especially, to heat (limestone) to form quicklime.
- (intransitive, physical chemistry) Of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it.
- (alchemy, historical) To heat (a substance) to remove its impurities and refine it.
- heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces
noun
verb
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- (intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
- (transitive, figurative) To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
- (transitive) To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- (intransitive) To escape.
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- (transitive) To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- (transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.
- (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
- eat hastily without proper chewing
- make or roll into bolts
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- secure or lock with a bolt
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- move or jump suddenly
- swallow hastily
adv
noun
- (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- the act of moving with great haste
adj
- ritually clean or pure
- thorough and without qualification
- (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
- free from impurities
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- free of drugs
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- morally pure
- free from sepsis or infection
- free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
- not carrying concealed weapons
- without difficulties or problems
- (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
- not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
- Utter, complete, total; pure; free from restraint.
- (informal) Cool or neat.
- Empty.
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position.
- Pure, especially morally or religiously.
- Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
- (informal) Devoid of profanity.
- Free of infiltration by covert listening or recording devices (bugs), enemy spies, etc.
- Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.
- Well-proportioned; shapely.
- (sports, for example, professional wrestling, slang) Of a victory or performance: without any blemishes such as submission holds, disqualification, interference, etc.
- In an unmarked condition; blank.
- That does not damage the environment (as much as some alternative).
- (aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
- Free from (or showing no signs of) corrupt, unlawful, and/or sinister conduct or connections (and (of criminal, driving, etc. records) therefore without restrictions or penalties).
- (informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
- Devoid of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
- (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
- (of metal) Having relatively few impurities.
- Not using drugs or alcohol.
- Smooth, exact, and performed well.
noun
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
- (in the plural, metal music) Clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams.
- (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
- Removal of dirt.
adv
verb
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- clean and tidy up the house
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
- make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
- be cleanable
- remove shells or husks from
- remove while making clean
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- remove unwanted substances from
- deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
- (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
- (slang) To beat, to thrash; to defeat.
- (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
- (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
- (intransitive, curling) 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.
- (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
- (video games) Synonym of clean up.
- (transitive) To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
- (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.