Cleaned

  

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Cleaned

Definition: Cleaned

Cleaned

Adjective

1. Made clean.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cleaned" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

 

Synonym: Cleaned

Synonym: cleansed (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Cleaned

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Cleanness

Neat, spruce, tidy, trim, gimp, clean as a new penny, like a cat in pattens; cleaned; Verb: kempt.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Cleaned

English words defined with "cleaned": Augean stablesclean, clean out, clean up, cleanable, clear out, compulsively, Currieddo, dry-cleanedexecuteflush toilet, fresh, freshlygalvanized ironKnifeboardlaundry, lavatorymake cleannew, newlyobsessionally, obsessivelyperformrecentlyscullery, stripUncleansable, unwashedwash, washables, washing. (references)
Specialty definitions using "cleaned": Cleaned Out. (references)

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Modern Usage: Cleaned

DomainUsage

Screenplays

But I cleaned them with my napkin (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Oh, we cleaned it up (The Big Chill; writing credit: Barbara Benedek; Lawrence Kasdan)

Although one of them is going to go very evil on us if we don't get this room cleaned up in a hurry (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

I haven't cleaned since Bounty dropped me as their spokesman (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás)

Well, as soon as we get ourselves cleaned up and we get a little smellum in our hair, why, we're gonna feel 100% better about ourselves and about life in general (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen)

Lyrics

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, (PROUD MARY; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

I've cleaned the floor (Would I Lie To You?; performing artist: Eurythmics)

Clever

A husband is someone who after taking the trash out, gives the impression he just cleaned the whole house. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Dry Cleaned (1920)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Cleaned

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Cleaned or Treated Bird Skins, Feathers, and Down Including Powder and Wastes Thereof: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Cleaned

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Tailings area by Richmond portal. This area has been cleaned up and the tailings removed. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Inside a portal that was cleaned early in the process. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

The third in a series of images that shows inside of a portal that was cleaned early in the process. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Agricultural engineer Stanley Anthony inspects trash removed from cotton during the ginning process. About 100 pounds of foreign matter is cleaned from cotton for every 500 pounds of lint ginned. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Once a week the roads are thoroughly cleaned by the local population ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by N. Gratz..

[Army Nurses get cleaned up]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

World's largest flag cleaned. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Whole wheat cleaned and ready for use, Natural Food Conservatory, Niagara, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Carrying dry cleaned articles to store from boat, Burrwood. Articles to be cleaned must be sent to New Orleans. Credit: Library of Congress.

A year ago a fine stand of spruce and fir covered this hillside. A gypo logging outfit cleaned it off, leaving only charred stumps and debris. Near Siltcoos, Oregon. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Cleaned
 

"Baby face" by Turgut Tepe
Commentary: "Cleaned unneceserily detail from the photo."
"Sail Boat" by Luke Wertz
Commentary: "I was at the beach yesterday -- my friend's dad had his boat up on the beach. The hull is a little dirty -- could be cleaned up digitally if need be. I had to do a few 'touch ups' on the photo to get rid of a pontoon boat (on the beach) and a boat out in"

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Cleaned

AuthorQuotation

Henry Ward Beecher

Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Cleaned

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

It was always so much cleaned.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The young woman had dragged a mattress out and put the baby on it while she cleaned up the dishes

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I got it cleaned, and put it into my cabinet

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cleaned

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The tooth is cleaned. (references)

With CAPD, your blood is always being cleaned. (references)

No, as long as your pool is properly cleaned and chlorinated. (references)

Economic History

Australia

AQIS has strict regulations that are rigidly enforced on all consignments, including a cleanliness certificate to verify that the machinery has been fully cleaned. (references)

Political Economy

Ecuador

This year, the U.S. Coast Guard cleaned up an extensive oil spill that damaged and threatened the delicate and unique ecosystem of the Galapagos Islands. (references)

Travel

Ghana

All minor cuts should be thoroughly cleaned with antiseptic. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Cleaned

"Cleaned" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 57.41% of the time. "Cleaned" is used about 910 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)57.41%52211,682
Lexical Verb (past tense)39.41%35915,003
Adjective (general or positive)2.96%2766,962
Noun (proper)0.22%2245,945
                    Total100.00%910N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Cleaned

Expressions using "cleaned": be cleaned be cleaned out cleaned coal cleaned gas dry cleaned coal heat cleaned washed and cleaned coffee. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "cleaned": cleaned-up.

Ending with "cleaned": pre-cleaned.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cleaned

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cleaned fiberglass heat

23

cleaned every having printer

22

hat cleaned

5

body called cleaned endarterectomy in narrow part procedure

2

cleaned inspected tested

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cleaned

Language Translations for "cleaned"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

почистен (clean). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

清洗 (Purged, Purging). (various references)

   

Danish

  

varme renset (heat cleaned), udløb for renset produkt (outlet of cleaned product), tørrenset kul (dry cleaned coal), renset raagas (cleaned gas), renset gas (cleaned gas), nogle steder maa tankene ofte renses for at faa fjernet paraffin og bundsedimenter,som ikke kan ledes vaek gennem afloebet;derfor bliver tankene forsynet med plader,der kan fjernes ved rensning (in some areas tanks must be cleaned frequently due to collection of paraffin and basic sediment, tanks are equipped with cleanout plates, which cannot be removed through the drain outlet;therefore), laboratorieglasvarer,som mindst maa vaere af pyrex,om ikke kvarts,skal renses ved skylning med varm,blyfri salpetersyre (has to be cleaned by hot scouring using lead-free nitric acid, laboratory glassware, which must at least be pyrex if not quartz), godt renset,dårligt renset (badly cleaned, well cleaned), en magnetskive anbragt ved en baandtransportoers afgang muliggoer en udmaerket rensning af uafskallede jordnoedder (unshelled groundnuts can be cleaned excellently by a magnetic pulley at the top of a belt conveyor). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

uitloop van gereinigde produkten (outlet of cleaned product), thermisch gezuiverd (heat cleaned), met zuur gereinigde replica (replica cleaned with acid), laboratoriumglas, dat zoniet van kwarts dan toch van pyrex dient te zijn, moet met loodvrij warm salpeterzuur worden afgebeten (has to be cleaned by hot scouring using lead-free nitric acid, laboratory glassware, which must at least be pyrex if not quartz), in sommige gebieden moeten tanks regelmatig worden schoongemaakt wegens opeenhoping van paraffine en drab,die niet door de uitlaat kunnen worden afgevoerd;daarom zijn tanks van schoonmaakplaten voorzien (in some areas tanks must be cleaned frequently due to collection of paraffin and basic sediment, tanks are equipped with cleanout plates, which cannot be removed through the drain outlet;therefore), goed bewerkt,slecht bewerkt (badly cleaned, well cleaned), gewassen en geschoonde koffie (washed and cleaned coffee), gereinigd gas (cleaned gas), een magnetische riemschijf aan het kopeinde van de transportband geeft een uitstekende reiniging van ongepelde aardnoten (unshelled groundnuts can be cleaned excellently by a magnetic pulley at the top of a belt conveyor). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

puhdistetun tuotteen ulostulo (outlet of cleaned product), puhdistettu kaasu (cleaned gas), pesettää (have cleaned, have washed), hyvin puhdistettu (badly cleaned, well cleaned), huonosti puhdistettu (badly cleaned, well cleaned). (various references)

   

French

  

raffiné, nettoyées, nettoyée, nettoyé, nettoyâmes. (various references)

   

German

  

machte sauber, gesäubert, gereinigt (purged, scoured). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καθαρός άνθρακας (cleaned coal, sorted coal), καθαρισμένο καυσαέριο (cleaned gas), έξοδος καθαρισμένου προϊόντος (outlet of cleaned product), σε ορισμένες περιοχές,οι δεξαμενές πρέπει να καθαρίζονται συχνά εξ αιτίας συγκεντρώσεων παραφίνης και ιζημάτων,που δεν μπορούν να απομακρ (in some areas tanks must be cleaned frequently due to collection of paraffin and basic sediment, tanks are equipped with cleanout plates), μιά μαγνητική τροχαλία στην κεφαλή μεταφορικής ταινίας δίνει έναν εξαίρετο καθαρισμό των μη αποφλοιωμένων αραχίδων (unshelled groundnuts can be cleaned excellently by a magnetic pulley at the top of a belt conveyor), άνθρακας διαλογής (cleaned coal, sorted coal), οι γυάλινες εργαστηριακές συσκευές που θα πρέπει να είναι τουλά-χιστον από γυαλί πυρέξ αν όχι χαλαζία,πρέπει να πλένονται με ζεστό νιτρικό (has to be cleaned by hot scouring using lead-free nitric acid), θερμικά καθαρισμένο (heat cleaned). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

משופשף (polished, rubbed), מקונח, מנוקה, מנוגב (wiped). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

ceria (cheerful, clean, clodless, pure). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pulito (clean, cleanly, clear, honest, housebroken, neat, pure, tidy, undefiled), mondo (a world of, earth, society, universe, world). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

청소하는 (Dusted). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eanedclay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

carvão seleccionado (cleaned coal, sorted coal), carvão purificado (cleaned coal, sorted coal), carvão limpo seco (dry cleaned coal), café semi-lavado (washed and cleaned coffee), café já sem película e lavado (washed and cleaned coffee), um tambor magnético no início de um tapete rolante consegue uma excelente depuração de amendoins não descascados (unshelled groundnuts can be cleaned excellently by a magnetic pulley at the top of a belt conveyor), saída do produto limpo (outlet of cleaned product), o material de vidro de laboratório que deve ser em quartzo ou,pelo menos,em pyrex,deve ser limpo por decapagem a quente com ácido nítrico isento de chumbo (has to be cleaned by hot scouring using lead-free nitric acid, laboratory glassware, which must at least be pyrex if not quartz), limpeza em mufla (heat cleaned), gás depurado (cleaned gas). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

fi lefter (be cleaned out, be down on one's uppers, bean). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

carbón paro (cleaned coal, sorted coal), carbón limpiado en seco (dry cleaned coal), carbón escogido (cleaned coal, sorted coal), salida del producto limpiado (outlet of cleaned product), réplica limpiada con ácido (replica cleaned with acid), limpieza en caliente (heat cleaned), gas depurado (cleaned gas), en algunas zonas los tanques deben limpiarse con frecuencia debido a la acumulacion de parafinas y de sedimientos que no pueden eliminarse a traves del orificio de salida o salida de drenaje;por ello los depositos van equipados con placas de limpieza (in some areas tanks must be cleaned frequently due to collection of paraffin and basic sediment, tanks are equipped with cleanout plates, which cannot be removed through the drain outlet;therefore), el material de vidrio de laboratorio que debe ser, si no de cuarzo, por lo menos de pyrex, se debe limpiar por decapado en caliente con ácido nítrico exento de plomo (has to be cleaned by hot scouring using lead-free nitric acid, laboratory glassware, which must at least be pyrex if not quartz), bien limpio, mal limpio (badly cleaned, well cleaned). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

rengjorde. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

temizlenmek (be cleaned, clarify, purge), meteliksiz kalmak (be cleaned out). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

saplanmak (be cleaned, purified). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Cleaned

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

colatis, colatum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Cleaned

Derivations

Words ending with "cleaned": housecleaned, overcleaned, precleaned, recleaned, uncleaned. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Cleaned" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: calanoid, Calende, celane, Celinet, clande, cleane, cleani, cleantex, Clelands, cleneth. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Cleaned"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "cleaned" (pronounced klē"nd)
4-l ē" n dleaned, gleaned.
3-ē" n dcareened, convened, demeaned, intervened, machined, fiend, greened, preened, reconvened, screened, weaned.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Cleaned

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: enlaced.

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-l-n"

-1 letter: aneled, candle, decane, enlace, lanced, leaden, leaned.

-2 letters: acned, anele, caned, clade, clean, dance, decal, eland, laced, laden, lance, naled.

-3 letters: aced, acne, alec, alee, cade, cane, cede, clad, clan, dace, dale, deal, dean, dele, dene, elan, lace, lade, land, lane, lead, lean, lend, need.

-4 letters: ace, ale, and, ane, cad, can, cee, cel.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-l-n"
 

+1 letter: calender, canceled, cleansed, lanceted.

 

+2 letters: blackened, calenders, cancelled, celandine, chandelle, channeled, concealed, congealed, danceable, decennial, enclasped, euclidean, nucleated, recleaned, slackened, spanceled, tentacled, uncleaned.

 

+3 letters: adolescent, ascendable, ascendible, calendared, calendered, calenderer, celandines, challenged, chandelier, chandelled, chandelles, channelled, confederal, credential, crenelated, crenulated, decadently, decennials, declinable, encapsuled, enucleated, freelanced, indelicate, ineducable, interlaced, precleaned, rebalanced, relaunched, screenland, spancelled, unbleached, uncanceled, undeclared, uneducable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Translations: Ancient
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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