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cleanse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /klɛnz/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English clensen, from Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“clean”). Cognate with West Frisian klinzgje (“to clean, cleanse”), archaic Dutch kleinzen (“to clean, purify”), Middle Low German klênsen, kleinsen, clensen (“to purify”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) An act of cleansing; a purification.
    • I regularly visit the spa for a massage and a facial cleanse.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cleanses Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

cleansing

Translations (2)

ca neteja (purification, cleansing) · de Reinigung (purification, cleansing)

cleanse en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /klɛnz/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English clensen, from Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“clean”). Cognate with West Frisian klinzgje (“to clean, cleanse”), archaic Dutch kleinzen (“to clean, purify”), Middle Low German klênsen, kleinsen, clensen (“to purify”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
    • An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
  2. (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.
    • [T]he famous Ganges: whoſe vnknowne head, pleaſant ſtreames, and long extent, haue amongſt thoſe Heathen Inhabitants, (by the Tradition of their Forefathers) gained a beliefe of clenſing all ſuch ſinnes, as the bodies of thoſe that waſh therein brought with them: [...] 1626, William Methold [i.e., William Methwold], “Relations of the Kingdome of Golchonda, and Other Neighbouring Nations within the Gulfe of Bengala, Arreccan, Pegu, Tennassery, &c. […]”, in [Samuel] Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 5th part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book, page 993:
  3. (transitive) To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cleansed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cleansed Tense=Past lexicographic
cleansing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cleanses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

recleanse · ethnically cleanse · cleanser · uncleanse · decleanse · cleansable

Synonyms

deterge

Translations (63)

pl oczyścić (to clean, purify) · fr purifier (to spiritually purify) · tr taharetlenmek (to spiritually purify) · bg почиствам (to clean, purify) · cs očistit se (to spiritually purify) · ota طهارتلنمك (to spiritually purify) · es aquilatar (to clean, purify) · nl schoonmaken (to clean, purify) · sa पवयति (to clean, purify) · grc καθαίρω (to clean, purify) · de säubern (to clean, purify) · nl reinigen (to clean, purify) · br glanaat (to clean, purify) · bg пречиствам (to spiritually purify) · es cendrar (to clean, purify) · grc ἁγνίζω (to clean, purify) · la luo (to clean, purify) · th ชำระ (to spiritually purify) · it detergere (to clean, purify) · ca purificar (to spiritually purify) · ru очищать (to spiritually purify) · he טיהר (to spiritually purify) · ko 정화하다 (to spiritually purify) · pt purificar (to spiritually purify) · th ล้าง (to spiritually purify) · he איבק (to clean, purify) · grc καθαρίζω (to clean, purify) · ja 浄化する (to clean, purify) · bg изчиствам (to clean, purify) · zh 清洗 (to clean, purify) · ja 浄化する (to spiritually purify) · grc ἁγνίζω (to spiritually purify) · ru очищать (to clean, purify) · de reinigen (to clean, purify) · it ripulire (to clean, purify) · ota طهارتلنمك (to clean, purify) · ang clǣnsian (to clean, purify) · ang fǣlsian (to clean, purify) · la abluō (to clean, purify) · ko 씻다 (to clean, purify) · sa क्षिपति (to clean, purify) · es acendrar (to clean, purify) · grc καθαρίζω (to spiritually purify) · sa पवयति (to spiritually purify) · cs očistit se (to clean, purify) · it pulire (to clean, purify) · cs očistit (to clean, purify) · ca netejar (to clean, purify) · ja 清める (to clean, purify) · it purificare (to clean, purify) · pl oczyścić (to spiritually purify) · la mundo (to clean, purify) · es acrisolar (to clean, purify) · fi puhdistaa (to clean, purify) · cs pročistit (to clean, purify) · got 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to clean, purify) · th ล้าง (to clean, purify) · th ชำระ (to clean, purify) · it purificare (to spiritually purify) · pt limpar (to clean, purify) · fi puhdistaa (to spiritually purify) · tr temizlemek (to clean, purify) · swb utwaharisha (to spiritually purify)