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Cleaner

noun

1.

A preparation used in cleaning something. Synonyms: cleanser, cleansing agent.

2.

The operator of dry-cleaning establishment. Synonym: dry cleaner.

3.

Someone whose occupation is cleaning.

Clean

adjective

(compar. cleaner; superl. cleanest)

1.

Free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits. "Clean white shirts" , "Clean dishes" , "A spotlessly clean house" , "Cats are clean animals"

2.

Free of restrictions or qualifications. Synonym: clear. "A clear winner"

3.

(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims. Synonyms: clear, light, unclouded. "Clear laughter like a waterfall" , "Clear reds and blues" , "A light lilting voice like a silver bell"

4.

Free from impurities. Synonym: fresh. "Fresh air"

5.

(of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense. "A clean driver's license"

6.

Ritually clean or pure.

7.

Not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination. Synonym: uncontaminating. "Cleaner and more efficient engines" , "The tactical bomb is reasonably clean"

8.

(of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers. Synonym: unobjectionable. "A clean joke"

9.

Free from sepsis or infection. Synonym: uninfected.

10.

Morally pure. Synonym: clean-living.

11.

(of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections. Synonym: fair. "A clean manuscript"

12.

(of a surface) not written or printed on. Synonyms: blank, white. "Fill in the blank spaces" , "A clean page" , "Wide white margins"

13.

Exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play. Synonyms: sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty. "A sporting solution of the disagreement" , "Sportsmanlike conduct"

14.

Without difficulties or problems.

15.

Thorough and without qualification. "A clean sweep" , "A clean break"

16.

Not carrying concealed weapons.

17.

Free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed. Synonym: neat. "A clean throw" , "The neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"

18.

Free of drugs.

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"Cleaner" Quotes from Famous Books

... isn't likely that anything is going to knock my head off or puncture vital sections of me. But in case the ludicrous should happen, I want you to know that a cleaner man goes before the last Court Marshal than would have stood trial there before ...

— Ailsa Paige • Robert W. Chambers

... her clothes all rags. Then her little sister Kathleen cried to come; so I took her too. Then I chose a cunning little German tot named Gretchen. She has yellow hair, braided in tight little tails down her back, and is a good deal cleaner than the rest, but not very clean, you know; and she hadn't any shoes at all. Then Mrs. Wallis brought up the funniest little French girl, with a name I can't pronounce. I'm going to call her Amy. And the last of all is an American, real ...

— Nine Little Goslings • Susan Coolidge

... retired in utter disgust. Then came the trip to the cellar. Again he had no followers, the Tinkletown men emphatically refusing to go down where old Mrs. Rank's body had been buried. Bonner laughed at them and went down alone. It was nauseous with age and the smell of damp earth, but it was cleaner there than above stairs. The cellar was smaller than either of the living rooms, and was to be reached only through the kitchen. There was no exit leading directly to the exterior of the house, but there was one small window ...

— The Daughter of Anderson Crow • George Barr McCutcheon

... poker, the royal game, the best of all gambling games, is generally played in a retired room, where quietness and some privacy are secured. Mere idlers and "bums" are not wanted around; perhaps the room is a little cleaner, but the floor is littered, if the game has lasted long, with dozens of already used and abandoned packs of cards. At Las Vegas the majority of the players were cowboys and cattlemen; at Socorro miners and prospectors; at Albuquerque all kinds; at Santa Fe politicians ...

— Ranching, Sport and Travel • Thomas Carson

... my face with soap. "Oh, Cyrillia! what foolishness!—why should I not wash my face with soap?" "Because it will blind you," Cyrillia answers: "a k tchou limi zi ou" (it will kill the light in your eyes). There is no cleaner person than Cyrillia; and, indeed among the city people, the daily bath is the rule in all weathers; but soap is never used on the face by thousands, who, like Cyrillia, believe it will "kill the light ...

— Two Years in the French West Indies • Lafcadio Hearn

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