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Gut is a synonym of clean.


As an initialism gut

is grand unification theory.

As an adjective clean is

free of dirt or impurities or protruberances .

As a noun clean is

removal of dirt.

As a verb clean is

to remove dirt from a place or object.

As an adverb clean is

fully and completely.

gut

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
  • (informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged
    • beer gut
  • (uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
  • A person's emotional, visceral self.
    • I have a funny feeling in my gut .
  • (in the plural) The essential, core parts.
    • He knew all about the guts of the business, how things actually get done.
  • (in the plural) Ability and will to face up to adversity or unpleasantness.
    • It took a lot of guts to admit to using banned substances on television.
  • (informal) A gut course
    • You should take Intro Astronomy: it's a gut .
  • A narrow passage of water.
    • the Gut of Canso
  • The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.

    • Synonyms

    * alimentary canal, digestive system, guts, intestine, tharm, innards * , belly, paunch (enlarged), potbelly (enlarged), stomach, tum, tummy * (intestines of an animal used to make strings) catgut

    Derived terms

    * catgut * gut barging * gut feeling * hate someone's guts * gutless * gutsy * tailgut

    Verb

    (gutt)
  • To eviscerate.
  • To remove or destroy the most important parts of.
  • :* fire gutted the building
  • :* Congress gutted the welfare bill.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made of gut, e.g., a violin with gut strings
  • Instinctive, e.g., a gut reaction

    • Related terms

    * blood-and-guts

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    clean

    English

    (wikipedia clean)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
  • #Not dirty.
  • #:
  • #*
  • #*:Then his sallow face brightened, for the hall had been carefully furnished, and was very clean . ¶ There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
  • #In an unmarked condition.
  • #:
  • #(lb) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
  • #Empty.
  • #:
  • #(lb) Having relatively few impurities.
  • #:
  • Free of immorality or criminality.
  • #Pure, especially morally or religiously.
  • #:
  • #*(Bible), (Psalms) li.10:
  • #*:Create in me a clean heart, O God.
  • #* (1809-1892)
  • #*:That I am whole, and clean , and meet for Heaven.
  • #Not having used drugs or alcohol.
  • #:
  • # Without restrictions or penalties, or someone having such a record.
  • #:
  • #(lb) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
  • #:
  • Smooth, exact, and performed well.
  • :
  • (lb) Cool or neat.
  • :
  • (lb) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
  • :
  • Which doesn’t .
  • :
  • Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
  • :
  • Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
  • *(Bible), (w) xxiii.22:
  • *:When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of corners of thy field.
  • Well-proportioned; shapely.
  • :
  • Ascended without falling.

    • Synonyms

    * (not dirty) * (empty)

    Antonyms

    * dirty * unclean

    Derived terms

    * clean as a hound's tooth * * clean sheet * clean sweep * cleanliness * cleanly * come clean * lick clean * unclean

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Removal of dirt.
    • This place needs a clean .
  • (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove dirt from a place or object.
    • Can you clean the windows today?
  • To tidy up, make a place neat.
    • Clean your room right now!
  • (climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
  • To make things clean in general.
    • She just likes to clean . That’s why I married her.
  • (curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * clean someone’s clock * clean out * clean up * cleaner * houseclean

    Adverb

    (er)
  • Fully and completely.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years.}}

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