English words for 'Alternative form of flyover.'
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noun
verb
verb
- (intransitive, aviation) To perform a go-around maneuver.
- (intransitive) To visit (a place) or with (somebody).
- (intransitive) To move or spread from person to person.
- (intransitive, slang) To fight or argue; to obsess over something.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, around.
- (intransitive) To be shared with everyone.
- turn on or around an axis or a center
- go around the flank of (an opposing army)
- be sufficient
- avoid something unpleasant or laborious
- become widely known and passed on
verb
- fly over
- rub with a circular motion
- make a passage or journey from one place to another
- travel across or pass over
- bypass
- To overlook; not to note or resent.
- To bypass (something); to skip (something).
- (intransitive with over as adverbial particle, euphemistic) To die and thus progress to the afterlife.
- (transitive with over as adverbial particle) To bypass or disregard in favour of someone or something else.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, over.
- To make a transit of; to pass through or across (something).
noun
- An instance of flying.
- The act of fleeing.
- The act of flying.
- (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
- An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
- (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
- (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
- The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
- Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
- The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
- (by extension) A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
- (US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
- An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
- A paper airplane.
- An air force unit.
- A series of stairs between landings.
- (advertising, broadcasting) An advertising campaign of fixed length.
- a formation of aircraft in flight
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
- a flock of flying birds
- the act of escaping physically
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- an instance of traveling by air
- an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- the path followed by an object moving through space
verb
noun
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- (film) Clipping of jump cut.
- (slang) Any abrupt increase; a sudden rise; a hike
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- (mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
- (sports, equestrianism) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- (US, informal, automotive) Ellipsis of jump-start.
- (theater) Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”).
- A jumping move in a board game.
- A kind of loose jacket for men.
- The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
- An effort; an attempt; a venture.
- An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
- (architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
- An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
- (science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
- (with on) An early start or an advantage.
- (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
- A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
- (programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
- (physics, hydrodynamics) An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
- a sudden involuntary movement
- descent with a parachute
- an abrupt transition
- a sudden and decisive increase
- the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
- (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
verb
- (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
- (intransitive, slang) To commit suicide.
- (intransitive, biology, of DNA) To switch locations on chromosomes.
- (transitive) To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
- (intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
- (transitive, smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
- (transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
- (transitive, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
- (transitive) To cause to jump.
- (cycling, intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
- (intransitive, programming) To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
- (transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
- To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
- (transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
- To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
- (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- (transitive) To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.
- (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- (quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
- (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- (intransitive, figurative) To shift one's position or attitude, especially suddenly and significantly.
- rise in rank or status
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- increase suddenly and significantly
- cause to jump or leap
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- make a sudden physical attack on
- enter eagerly into
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- jump down from an elevated point
- be highly noticeable
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- run off or leave the rails
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- bypass
verb
noun
- (aviation, uncountable, by extension) The angle between an aircraft's longitudinal axis and its direction of motion relative to the surrounding air.
- (aviation) A flight maneuver to rapidly lose speed and/or altitude whilst not altering the aircraft's ground track.
- (aviation) A flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it.
- (aviation) A flight condition where an aircraft's longitudinal axis is not aligned with its direction of motion relative to the surrounding air.
- an unexpected slide
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
noun
adj
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position.
- Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
- Utter, complete, total; pure; free from restraint.
- (informal) Cool or neat.
- Empty.
- 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.
- thorough and without qualification
- (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
- ritually clean or pure
- 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
adv
noun
- (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.
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
verb
- (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.
- 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.
noun
- A frit fly.
- Any of many black enamel dots baked in a graded pattern onto the glass around the edge of a windshield.
- (UK politics, derogatory) A politician who does not perform some action (for example answering a question or calling a vote) out of fear of losing.
- A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
- (archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
adj
verb
noun
- The act of gliding.
- the activity of flying a glider
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
- (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
- (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
verb
- fly in or as if in a glider plane
- (transitive) To cause to glide.
- (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
- move smoothly and effortlessly
verb
- To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
- To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
- fly by means of a hang glider
- To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
- (figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
- (intransitive) To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
- go or move upward
- rise rapidly
- fly a plane without an engine
- fly upwards or high in the sky
noun
adj
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage or flaps in the down position.
- Spreading harmful radiation over a wide area.
- Of food, covered in an array of indulgent toppings.
- Of food, indulgent in an unhealthy way.
- (computing) Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.
- Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
- Sleety; gusty; stormy.
- Dishonorable; violating accepted standards or rules.
- That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
- (slang) Of an alcoholic beverage, especially a cocktail or mixed drink: served with the juice of olives.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
- (cellular automata) Producing much ash.
- Of color, discolored by impurities.
- Of an audio recording: containing unwanted noise.
- Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
- Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
- (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
- Out of tune.
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination
- (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
- spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- violating accepted standards or rules
- soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
- obtained illegally or by improper means
- contaminated with infecting organisms
- expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
- unethical or dishonest
- vile; despicable
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
- unpleasantly stormy
adv
noun
verb
verb
adj
noun
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
- (entomology) The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
- (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.
- A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
- (countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
- (computing, Unicode) Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.
- An airplane; an aeroplane.
- (countable, carpentry) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
- (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
- A level or flat surface.
- A level of existence or development.
- (Northern UK) A sycamore.
- an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
- a level of existence or development
- (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
- a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
- a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
noun
- An instance of flying.
- The act of fleeing.
- The act of flying.
- (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
- An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
- (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
- (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
- The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
- Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
- The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
- (by extension) A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
- (US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
- An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
- A paper airplane.
- An air force unit.
- A series of stairs between landings.
- (advertising, broadcasting) An advertising campaign of fixed length.
- a formation of aircraft in flight
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
- a flock of flying birds
- the act of escaping physically
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- an instance of traveling by air
- an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- the path followed by an object moving through space
verb
noun
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- (film) Clipping of jump cut.
- (slang) Any abrupt increase; a sudden rise; a hike
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- (mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
- (sports, equestrianism) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- (US, informal, automotive) Ellipsis of jump-start.
- (theater) Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”).
- A jumping move in a board game.
- A kind of loose jacket for men.
- The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
- An effort; an attempt; a venture.
- An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
- (architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
- An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
- (science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
- (with on) An early start or an advantage.
- (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
- A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
- (programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
- (physics, hydrodynamics) An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
- a sudden involuntary movement
- descent with a parachute
- an abrupt transition
- a sudden and decisive increase
- the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
- (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
verb
- (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
- (intransitive, slang) To commit suicide.
- (intransitive, biology, of DNA) To switch locations on chromosomes.
- (transitive) To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
- (intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
- (transitive, smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
- (transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
- (transitive, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
- (transitive) To cause to jump.
- (cycling, intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
- (intransitive, programming) To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
- (transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
- To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
- (transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
- To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
- (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- (transitive) To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.
- (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- (quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
- (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- (intransitive, figurative) To shift one's position or attitude, especially suddenly and significantly.
- rise in rank or status
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- increase suddenly and significantly
- cause to jump or leap
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- make a sudden physical attack on
- enter eagerly into
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- jump down from an elevated point
- be highly noticeable
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- run off or leave the rails
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- bypass
noun
noun
- A frit fly.
- Any of many black enamel dots baked in a graded pattern onto the glass around the edge of a windshield.
- (UK politics, derogatory) A politician who does not perform some action (for example answering a question or calling a vote) out of fear of losing.
- A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
- (archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
adj
verb
noun
- The act of gliding.
- the activity of flying a glider
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
- (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
- (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
verb
- fly in or as if in a glider plane
- (transitive) To cause to glide.
- (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
- move smoothly and effortlessly
verb
noun
verb
verb
- (intransitive, aviation) To perform a go-around maneuver.
- (intransitive) To visit (a place) or with (somebody).
- (intransitive) To move or spread from person to person.
- (intransitive, slang) To fight or argue; to obsess over something.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, around.
- (intransitive) To be shared with everyone.
- turn on or around an axis or a center
- go around the flank of (an opposing army)
- be sufficient
- avoid something unpleasant or laborious
- become widely known and passed on
verb
- fly over
- rub with a circular motion
- make a passage or journey from one place to another
- travel across or pass over
- bypass
- To overlook; not to note or resent.
- To bypass (something); to skip (something).
- (intransitive with over as adverbial particle, euphemistic) To die and thus progress to the afterlife.
- (transitive with over as adverbial particle) To bypass or disregard in favour of someone or something else.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, over.
- To make a transit of; to pass through or across (something).
verb
noun
- (aviation, uncountable, by extension) The angle between an aircraft's longitudinal axis and its direction of motion relative to the surrounding air.
- (aviation) A flight maneuver to rapidly lose speed and/or altitude whilst not altering the aircraft's ground track.
- (aviation) A flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it.
- (aviation) A flight condition where an aircraft's longitudinal axis is not aligned with its direction of motion relative to the surrounding air.
- an unexpected slide
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
verb
- To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
- To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
- fly by means of a hang glider
- To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
- (figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
- (intransitive) To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
- go or move upward
- rise rapidly
- fly a plane without an engine
- fly upwards or high in the sky
noun
verb
adj
noun
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
- (entomology) The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
- (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.
- A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
- (countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
- (computing, Unicode) Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.
- An airplane; an aeroplane.
- (countable, carpentry) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
- (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
- A level or flat surface.
- A level of existence or development.
- (Northern UK) A sycamore.
- an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
- a level of existence or development
- (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
- a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
- a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
noun
- The act of gliding.
- the activity of flying a glider
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
- (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
- (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
verb
- fly in or as if in a glider plane
- (transitive) To cause to glide.
- (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
- move smoothly and effortlessly
adj
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position.
- Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
- Utter, complete, total; pure; free from restraint.
- (informal) Cool or neat.
- Empty.
- 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.
- thorough and without qualification
- (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
- ritually clean or pure
- 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
adv
noun
- (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.
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
verb
- (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.
- 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.
adj
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage or flaps in the down position.
- Spreading harmful radiation over a wide area.
- Of food, covered in an array of indulgent toppings.
- Of food, indulgent in an unhealthy way.
- (computing) Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.
- Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
- Sleety; gusty; stormy.
- Dishonorable; violating accepted standards or rules.
- That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
- (slang) Of an alcoholic beverage, especially a cocktail or mixed drink: served with the juice of olives.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
- (cellular automata) Producing much ash.
- Of color, discolored by impurities.
- Of an audio recording: containing unwanted noise.
- Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
- Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
- (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
- Out of tune.
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination
- (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
- spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- violating accepted standards or rules
- soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
- obtained illegally or by improper means
- contaminated with infecting organisms
- expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
- unethical or dishonest
- vile; despicable
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
- unpleasantly stormy