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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of clean.
  • adjective In a state of being clean.

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Examples

  • Thankfully the dirty plates were finally cleaned from the table, replaced with other elegant cups and bowls, and the banquet continued with at least another 20 specialties, culminating with the tiniest sweet cakes filled with my favorite red bean paste.

    Patrizia Chen: Eating 'City Lamb' in China Patrizia Chen 2010

  • Thankfully the dirty plates were finally cleaned from the table, replaced with other elegant cups and bowls, and the banquet continued with at least another 20 specialties, culminating with the tiniest sweet cakes filled with my favorite red bean paste.

    Patrizia Chen: Eating 'City Lamb' in China Patrizia Chen 2010

  • That sweeps all the loose crud out from chamber to muzzle before you start with the rod/brushjag/patch routine, particularly with a lever action or M-1 cleaned from the muzzle.

    The Tragic Tale of Berthold the Blaser 2009

  • The slogans were removed in 24 hours and if they could not be cleaned from the glass, well the glass was replaced.

    Freedom of Speech:Shhh, They’re Listening « Colleen Anderson 2009

  • Collection agencies across the country are trying to get him to cough up for debts that other people have racked up with the SSN they cleaned from the ad.

    Anti-Identity-Theft Huckster Has Had Identity Stolen At Least 13 Times | Impact Lab 2010

  • That sweeps all the loose crud out from chamber to muzzle before you start with the rod/brushjag/patch routine, particularly with a lever action or M-1 cleaned from the muzzle.

    The Tragic Tale of Berthold the Blaser 2009

  • Getting the house cleaned is important, and writing on your novel is important too, even more important than cleaning the house, I'd think.

    games nathreee 2010

  • Kevin cleaned the blood and skin from the floor, and disinfected the bunk bed and everything else he had touched.

    DELUGE (Chapter Nine) – Brian Keene 2008

  • When they were satisfied I was vermin cleaned, I was dried off, a towel wrapped around me and allowed in the house where I was sent to a bedroom where all my clothes were laid out.

    The epidemiology of happiness ewillett 2008

  • Stir together sugar, corn syrup, a pinch of salt, and remaining 1/4 cup water in cleaned 1 - to 1 1/4-quart heavy saucepan.

    S'MORE PIE Melissa 2008

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