Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
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
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(countable, uncountable) An act of cleansing; a purification.
I regularly visit the spa for a massage and a facial cleanse.
Forms
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
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(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):
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(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:
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(transitive) To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.
Forms
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)