Definition
cleanliness: hygiene, the state of being clean, the opposite of dirtiness
There is a problem with cleanliness in this hotel. Everything is really dirty.
clean: washed, pure, disinfected, not dirty; fair and honest; decent, not rude
Luna likes to spend her weekends in the mountains, where the air is clean.
Let's keep the conversation clean. I don't want to hear any comments about sex.
to clean (up): to remove dirt and tidy a place
Philip always cleans his office when Bruno comes to visit him.
Bob spent all Sunday cleaning the house after the poker party.
- "Get somebody to clean up this body, okay?"
- "Philip : There's no way I'm going to ruin my shoes cleaning up this mess."
- "Now, over 65 years later, McGillicutty's has become synonymous with "clean"."
- "My conscience is clean."
- "You two, go in and clean up the monkey poo-poo!"
- "Hannah : You're the intern, go and clean up this monkey poo please!"
- "You still need to clean your room and lay the table for supper!"
- "Your task is to clean the laboratory, and by extension, any monkeys therein."
- "Cleaning equipment and gas masks are available in my office."
- "Look at my teeth, they're white and clean!"
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