cleanness

Roget category 652

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends

#652. Cleanness

noun

cleanness, cleanliness etc. adj. — purity — cleaning etc. v. — purification, defecation etc. v. — purgation, lustration^† — detersion^†, abstersion^† — epuration^†, mundation^† — ablution, lavation^†, colature^† — disinfection etc. v. — drainage, sewerage.
lavatory, laundry, washhouse^† — washerwoman, laundress, dhobi^†, laundryman, washerman^† — scavenger, dustman^†, sweep — white wings brush [U.S.] — broom, besom^†, mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter — blotter.
napkin, cloth, maukin^†, malkin^†, handkerchief, towel, sudary^† — doyley^†, doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab.
cover, drugget^†.
wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative — purifier etc. v. — disinfectant — aperient^† — benzene, benzine benzol, benolin^† — bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent^†, laxative.

verb

be clean, render clean etc. adj. — clean, cleanse — mundify^†, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up.
wash, lave, launder, buck — absterge^†, deterge^† — decrassify^† — clear, purify — depurate^†, despumate^†, defecate — purge, expurgate, elutriate [Chem], lixiviate^†, edulcorate^†, clarify, refine, rack — filter, filtrate — drain, strain.
disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize — whitewash — castrate, emasculate.
sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep.
rout out, clear out, sweep out &c. — make a clean sweep of.

adjective

clean, cleanly — pure — immaculate — spotless, stainless, taintless — trig — without a stain, unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied, untainted, uninfected — sweet, sweet as a nut.
neat, spruce, tidy, trim, gimp, clean as a new penny, like a cat in pattens — cleaned etc. v. — kempt^†.
abstergent^†, cathartic, cleansing, purifying.

adverb

neatly etc. adj. — clean as a whistle.

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