» make clean
Verb (1 meaning)
1. make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from.
to clean, make clean
Examples:
- “Clean the stove!”,
- “The dentist cleaned my teeth”
to make clean is the opposite of:
to make clean is a way to:
ways to make clean:
- to bream (verb) - clean (a ship's bottom) with heat
- to brush (verb) - clean with a brush
- to disinfect (verb) - destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
- to dry clean (verb) - clean with chemical agents
- to dust (verb) - remove the dust from
- to pipe-clay (verb) - whiten or clean with pipe-clay
- to preen, plume (verb) - clean with one's bill
- to sanitize, sanitise, hygienize, hygienise (verb) - make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing
- to scavenge (verb) - clean refuse from
- to steam, steam clean (verb) - clean by means of steaming
- to sweep (verb) - clean by sweeping
- to vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover (verb) - clean with a vacuum cleaner
- to wash, launder (verb) - cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
- to wash up, do the dishes (verb) - wash dishes
to make clean is derivationally related to:
- cleaner (noun) - someone whose occupation is cleaning
- cleaner, dry cleaner (noun) - the operator of dry-cleaning establishment
- cleaning, cleansing, cleanup (noun) - the act of making something clean
- cleansing agent, cleanser, cleaner (noun) - a preparation used in cleaning something
Verb group:
- to clean (verb) - be cleanable
- to houseclean, clean house, clean (verb) - clean and tidy up the house