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kli:n 1. adjective1) (free from dirt, smoke etc: a clean window; a clean dress.) rein2) (neat and tidy in one's habits: Cats are very clean animals.) reinslig3) (unused: a clean sheet of paper.) blank4) (free from evil or indecency: a clean life; keep your language clean!) plettfri5) (neat and even: a clean cut.) rein, velformet, strømlinjet2. adverb(completely: He got clean away.) helt, fullstendig3. verb(to (cause to) become free from dirt etc: Will you clean the windows?) gjøre rein (vaske, pusse, feie osv.)(clean in personal habits.)
reinslig- cleaner- cleanly- clean up
- a clean bill of health
- a clean slate
- come clean
- make a clean sweepblank--------pusse--------renIsubst. \/kliːn\/( hverdagslig) rengjøring, ryddingIIverb \/kliːn\/1) gjøre ren(t), gjøre rent i, vaske, børste, pusse, rense2) (om fisk, fugl e.l.) renske, fjerne bein3) rengjøres, bli ren4) ( om havn) mudre opp5) bruke opp, spise opp, fjerne, tømme6) ( skogbruk) tynne utclean away\/off rense\/pusse vekkclean down tørke\/børste\/vaske grundig av, gjøre skikkelig renclean house vaske hus, ha husvaskrenske oppclean of gjøre ren for, rense forclean out rense (tilstoppet rør e.l.), tømme (skuffer, skap e.l.), rydde i, renske ut (om personer)( hverdagslig) loppe for penger, flåclean someone's clock (amer., hverdagslig) gi noen bank, rundjule noen slå noen ned i støvlene, overgå noenclean up rense opp, rydde unna, pynte opp, gjøre rent (i)rydde, gjøre rent (etter seg)(om skadedyr, uønskede personer) fjerne, utrydde pynte seg, kle seg om tømme, spise oppkomme til slutten, avslutte( hverdagslig) håve inn, tjene( sport) beseire overlegentclean up one's act ( hverdaglig) skjerpe seg, oppføre seg bedre (spesielt i forhold til alkohol, stoff og kriminalitet)IIIadj. \/kliːn\/1) ren, velstelt, renslig2) plettfri, anstendig3) miljøvennlig, godkjent4) ( om bombe) ikke radioaktiv5) (religion, om mat som kan spises) ren6) renvasket, fri for mistanke7) ren, tom, ubelemret, klar, ubeskrevet, renskrevet8) slett, glatt, jevn9) ren, regelmessig, velformet, fin, strømlinjeformet10) dyktig, hendig, påpasselig, godt utført, flott11) ( hverdagslig) ren, nykter, stoffri• he frisked her clumsily and yelled: she's clean, man!han kroppsvisiterte henne klosset og ropte: hun er ren!13) (amer., slang) dreven, utlært, nesten profesjonell14) (amer., slang) blakk, pengelens15) fullstendig, total16) (om husdyr, beiteland) frisk, sykdomsfri17) fair, uten skitne knep(as) clean as a whistle svært ren, krystallklar ( hverdagslig) ren, uten fellende bevisclean profit ren fortjenesteclean record rent rulleblad, plettfri fortid, plettfri vandelclean timber kvistfritt tømmerclean water ( sjøfart) rent farvann (fritt for grunner e.l.)come clean lette sitt hjerte, tilståcome clean! ( hverdagslig) tilstå!, ut med språket!come out clean (with someone) (about something) gjøre opp (noe) (med noen), ordne opp i (noe) (med noen)have clean hands ( overført) ha rene hender, være hederligkeep one's nose clean ( hverdagslig) holde seg på trygg grunn, holde seg unna trøbbelkeep the party clean ( hverdagslig) holde det hele på et anstendig nivå, opptre dannetmake a clean breast of something tilstå, legge kortene på bordetmake a clean sweep gjøre rent bordshow a clean pair of heels ta beina på nakkenIVadv. \/kliːn\/helt og holdent, fullstendig, klin (hverdagslig), totalt, rentclean contrary to stikk i strid med, tvert imotclean gone totalt forsvunnet, helt borte
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