clean1 .Ia. 1Glan. As clean as a new pin, chomh glan le criostal. To make sth. clean, rud a ghlanadh. To keep sth. clean, rud a choinneáil glan. Clean land, talamh glan. Nau: Clean anchorage, leaba ancaire ghlan. Clean jump, léim ghlanoscartha. Clean break, briseadh glan, díreach. Nau: Clean bill of health, teastas m sláintíochta. He showed a clean pair of heels, thug sé do na boinn é. 2Clean (out)lines, Imlínte fpl glana. Clean ship, leabharlong f; long ghlanghearrtha. II►clean, adv. 1F: Go glan, go díreach, ar fad. I clean forgot, rinne mé dearmad ar fad air. They got clean away, ghlan siad leo; d'éalaíodar glan. Clean mad, ar deargbhuile. 2To cut clean through sth., gearradh trí rud amach, ó thaobh taobh.
clean2, s.Glanadh m.To give sth. a clean (up), glanadh m a thabhairt do rud.
clean3, v.tr.Glanaim; ním; déanaim gortghlanadh ar (pháirc).F: He cleaned himself (up), phointeáil sé é féin.