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# clean

«clean» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **not dirty** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (clean, cleaner, cleanest); verb (clean, cleans, cleaned, cleaning); adverb (clean)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Clean means not dirty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#m1)

2) To clean means to take the dirt away, by washing, wiping or sweeping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#m2)

3) Clean also means fresh and unused: a clean sheet of paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#m3)

4) Clean can mean fair and following the rules: a clean game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#m4)

5) As an adverb, clean means completely: I clean forgot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a job done at a rate (rooms cleaned per hour), or clean and dirty things counted apart: clean + dirty = all. In health and safety: wash your hands clean to remove germs; clean water is safe to drink. At home: clean your room, clean up after yourself. Phrases: clean up, clean your teeth, clean water, a clean copy, come clean (tell the truth), clean energy.

### examples

- Of all clean birds ye may eat. (Torah DEU.14.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x1)
- Of all clean winged things ye may eat. (Torah DEU.14.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x2)
- And as for the flesh, every one that is clean may eat thereof. (Torah LEV.7.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x3)
- Is His mercy clean gone for ever? (Writings PSA.77.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x4)
- What is man, that he should be clean? (Writings JOB.15.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x5)
- Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean! (Prophets JER.13.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x6)
- She cleans 3 rooms in an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x7)
- 8 of the 20 cups are clean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x8)
- It takes 2 hours to clean the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x9)
- How many dirty plates are left if 12 are clean? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x10)
- Clean your teeth twice a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x11)
- Please clean up your toys before dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x12)
- Start again on a clean page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x13)
- Wash your hands clean before eating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x14)
- He came clean and said he broke the vase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x15)
- "Somebody cleaned it," says the giant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/#x16)

### note

Opposite: dirty. «Cleaner» is both «more clean» and a person or product that cleans. A job with a rate; clean + dirty = all. No clue by itself.

### In the corpora

- [And as for the flesh, every one that is clean may eat thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.154/)
- [And that ye may put difference between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.244/)
- [And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.291/)
- [And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.350/)
- [to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean; this is the law of leprosy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.426/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clean» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clean/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.