To free from dirt, defilement, or guilt; purge or clean.
[Middle English clensen, from Old English clǣnsian, from clǣne, pure, clean.]
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cleanse (klĕnz) ![]() |
[Middle English clensen, from Old English clǣnsian, from clǣne, pure, clean.]
| Thesaurus: cleanse |
verb
| Antonyms: cleanse |
Definition: make undirty; wash
Antonyms: dirty, soil, spot
| WordNet: cleanse |
The verb has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
Synonym: clean
Meaning #2:
purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins
| Translations: Cleanse |
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - rende, vaske
n. - afrensning
Nederlands (Dutch)
reinigen, louteren
Français (French)
v. tr. - nettoyer, épurer, laver, (fig) laver, purifier (qn, l'esprit), nettoyer (de)
n. - nettoyage, lavage, purification
Deutsch (German)
v. - reinigen, läutern, heilen
n. - Reinigungsmittel
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καθαρίζω, παστρεύω, απορρυπαίνω, εξαγνίζω
Italiano (Italian)
pulire, purificare, detergere
Português (Portuguese)
v. - lavar, absolver
Русский (Russian)
очищать, проводить чистку
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - limpiar, purificar
n. - acción de limpiar o purificar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - rengöra, befria, rentvå
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使清洁, 使纯洁, 净化, 清洁剂
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使清潔, 使純潔, 淨化
n. - 清潔劑
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 깨끗이 하다, 제거하다
n. - 깨끗이 하기, 씻기
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 洗う, 清潔にする, 洗い清める
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) طهر, نظف, نقى
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ניקה, טיהר
n. - טיהור או ניקוי, בעיקר של העור
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