[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cleanse.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / cleanse

[← C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/C/)

# cleanse

«cleanse» in Mova's school dictionary: **To clean something thoroughly, especially skin or a…** — 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

verb (cleanse, cleanses, cleansed, cleansing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To clean something thoroughly, especially skin or a wound: «Cleanse the cut with water.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanse/#m1)

2) To make someone or something pure, free from sin or guilt (church, Bible): «Cleanse me from my sin.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanse/#m2)

3) To remove harmful or unwanted things: «cleanse the air». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanse/#m3)

4) (history) «Ethnic cleansing» means driving out or killing a whole group of people because of who they are — a terrible crime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanse/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In health and first aid, you cleanse a wound to stop germs. In adverts «cleanser» is soap for the face. In church and the Bible, Christians believe God can cleanse people from sin; Psalm 51 asks «cleanse me from my sin». In history lessons «ethnic cleansing» is a grave crime against humanity.

### examples

- Cleanse the scratch with clean water before putting on a plaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanse/#x1)
- Mum uses a face cleanser every night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanse/#x2)
- «Wash me and cleanse me from my sin,» says the psalm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanse/#x3)
- The rain seemed to cleanse the dusty city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanse/#x4)
- The nurse cleansed the wound carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanse/#x5)
- Christians believe that God's forgiveness cleanses the heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanse/#x6)
- Then the hall was cleansed and the banquet recommenced. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanse/#x7)

### note

Say «klenz»: the «ea» sounds like the «e» in «bed», not like «clean». Formal or medical; everyday word: clean, wash. Noun: cleanser.

### In the corpora

- [And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.418/)
- ['Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.355/)
- [Then washed I thee with water; yea, I cleansed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.320/)
- [And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1030/)
- [Thus shall they cleanse the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1035/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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