clean adjective
1-) without any dirt, marks, etc.
NOUNS
clothes
・He changed into some clean clothes.
shirt, sheet, towel
・I put on a clean white shirt.
hands, face, teeth
・Make sure you have clean hands before you eat.
room, house, apartment
・Her mother always kept the house very clean.
air, water
・The air is much cleaner outside the city.
energy
・Wind power is an excellent source of clean energy.
wound, cut
・Always make sure that the wound is clean.
needle, bandage
・Drug users should be given access to clean needles.
VERBS
keep
・You should always keep your kitchen clean.
get
・It took me ages to get the tiles clean.
wipe
・He started to wipe the blackboard clean.
wash
・The streets had been washed clean by the rain.
sweep, scrub
・She quickly swept the floor clean.
scrape
・I scraped the dirty plates clean.
leave
・Please leave the apartment clean when you go.
ADVERBS
spotlessly, immaculately
・The floor was spotlessly clean.
completely, perfectly
・It is almost impossible to get the glass completely clean.
・His fingernails were perfectly clean.
sparkling
・I want everything sparkling clean!
scrupulously
・Hospitals must be kept scrupulously clean.
PHRASES
nice and clean
・Their job is to keep the streets nice and clean.
clean and tidy, neat and clean
・Her kids were always neat and clean.
・I insist my children keep their rooms clean and tidy.
(as) clean as a whistle
・The place was clean as a whistle.
clean verb
NOUNS
house, room, floor
・My mother used to spend hours cleaning the house.
window, wall
・The windows had not been cleaned in years.
teeth, hands
・I always clean my teeth after meals.
shoes, clothes, glasses
・Your shoes need cleaning.
wound
・The nurse cleaned the wound and put a bandage on it.
ADVERBS
out, up
・It took me all morning to clean out the kitchen cupboards.
・Who is going to clean up all this mess?
thoroughly, properly
・It is important to clean the brushes thoroughly after you use them.
PREPOSITIONS
off
・You can use a damp cloth to clean off the dirt.
with
・She decided to clean the windows with a vinegar solution.
PHRASES
clean sth from top to bottom
・They cleaned the house from top to bottom.
have sth cleaned professionally
・It is better to have the carpets cleaned professionally.