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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

... sadly depleted of trade. The staunch, plastered and lime-washed walls, which revealed the stress of climate in the gaping cracks that were by no means infrequent. The hard-beaten earth floor swept clean. The glowing stove that knew no attention from the cleaner's brush. Then the two figures on the rough bench, which was worn and polished ...

— The Heart of Unaga • Ridgwell Cullum

... what looked like the door of a cupboard at the side of the fireplace. It disclosed a neat little parlour, with a sweet air in it. The floor was sanded, and so much the cleaner than if it had been carpeted. A small mahogany table, black with age, stood in the middle. On a side-table covered with a cloth of faded green, lay a large family bible; behind it were a few books and a tea-caddy. In the side of the wall opposite the window, ...

— Donal Grant • George MacDonald

... chestnut that sticks tight to the bur. We have threshers out there that thresh them out. We can pick up those nuts in the bur with a shovel or fork, throw them into the wagon, take them in the wagon, thresh them out. You have a cleaner nut, you don't have to pick around on the ground with rubber gloves that we use, which is easy enough, but it certainly adds a great deal of work as compared to threshing them out easily after ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report - at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 • Various

... book; upon which he was permitted to read a chapter, which the Duke found so much to his taste that he graciously readmitted the author into his favor and consented to receive the dedication. There is another tradition which imputes to the Duke's confessor—an ecclesiastic who must have had a cleaner nose for heterodoxy than most of his fellows—the original rejection of the dedication by the Duke, the alteration in its wording, and the subsequent neglect of the author.[9] The dedication which now does duty at the opening of the First Part of Don Quixote I have shown to have been tampered ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1-20 • Various

... he admitted. 'Well, good-bye,' he added, and with that he held out his hand. When I shook Jacintha's a moment afterwards, I wished once again that my own hands were cleaner. ...

— Chatterbox, 1905. • Various

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