cleaned 1 of 2

adjective

as in spotless

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cleaned

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verb

past tense of clean
1
as in rinsed
to remove the dirt from we cleaned the clothes before donating them to charity

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2
as in removed
to take the internal organs out of cleaned the rabbit before cooking it

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Recent Examples of cleaned
Verb
The rooms are spacious, comfortable, immaculately pressed and cleaned, and blissfully quiet. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Culver City voted last month to set rules around robotaxi fleet services that dictate where and when the vehicles can be charged, stored and cleaned. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 But the Jaguars cleaned it up after the break and committed just three penalties the rest of the game. — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 No blood was found on Machado’s body, which Lew said meant she had been cleaned. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 Southbound lanes of Interstate 45 in Montgomery County reopened Wednesday afternoon after crews from the Texas Department of Transportation cleaned more than 5,000 gallons of cooking oil off the roadway. — Catherine Dominguez, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026 Everything was painted and cleaned, covering up any other potential evidence. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026 As a general rule, it should be cleaned a few times a year or more often if it’s displayed out in the open. — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026 Fleck cleaned himself up, but had remnants of blood stains on his right white sleeve during postgame. — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaned
  1. spotless
  2. rinsed
  3. removed
  4. cleanly
  5. scrubbed
  6. extracted
  7. organized
  8. washed
Adjective
  • The housekeeping staff was incredibly on top of things, and the room always looked spotless.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Over time, that buildup can actually dull the finish and make the whole room feel less clean, even if everything else is spotless.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of spotless
Verb
  • Machine Wash Cotton and fleece robes can be washed in the washing machine but be sure to wash with similar items and keep your load size small to ensure the fabric is fully rinsed and clean when the cycle is complete.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Washing soda functions as a processing aid and is rinsed out before the straw becomes pulp, the organization said.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of rinsed
Verb
  • If access to divorce has removed the net from our tennis game, for the one percent, the proceedings have turned into Sincaraz-level volleys.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • All arrestees go before a federal immigration judge who determines if he or she will ultimately be removed from the country.
    — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of removed
Adjective
  • In other words, historical comparables suggest that Sherwood’s trade value probably isn’t cleanly at the level of him returning a first-round pick to Vancouver if he’s ultimately traded between now and March 6.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Whoever wins cleanly leaves with both the championship belts.
    — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Definition of cleanly
Verb
  • Social media posts linking to the story have also been scrubbed from the internet.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Surfaces were scrubbed down, while dishes were washed and categorized into what Voraotsady had brought and what belonged to OK YAKI.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of scrubbed
Verb
  • Allegations quickly emerged that DeepSeek had trained R1 in part on responses extracted from OpenAI’s models.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Sergio Cremisini, an expert in digital forensic evidence, who extracted information from Sierra’s phone in 2012, 2018 and 2026.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of extracted
Adjective
  • Try to put your economy-of-motion hat on and organize each step of the process in a way that’s organized and tidy.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The movement, which began as an online campaign and now calls itself the Cockroach Janata Party, organized street protests that forced India's education minister to resign in July.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of organized
Verb
  • Fendi used washed gray denim for its straight-fitting jeans for men and women.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • From there, the exhibition gives way to the striking editorial images with which Pavarotti quickly made his name, set against walls washed in scarlet, fuchsia, canary yellow, plum, and terracotta.
    — Alison S. Cohn, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of washed

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