clean - use in sentences

Object

  • carpet: We can guarantee that: Nobody can clean carpets, curtains or upholstery cleaner If a stain can be removed we will remove it.
  • brush: Included is a chamber mop and double ended nylon cleaning brush for those hard to reach areas of the action & bolt.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • wipe: Urban Legend was going to wipe the slate clean by actually being all that was claimed of it.
  • keep: I am very interested in the law, plus I would really think I could help keep the streets clean of crime.

Modifies a noun

  • sheet: In their application, Greene King have focussed on a clean sheet on crime at the pub in the past 12 months.
  • sweep: The 4th XI completed the clean sweep for the club with an easy 7 wicket victory at home to Urmston.
  • water: For them, clean water is only the start.
  • slate: Understanding your baseline proposition ( p2 ) 3.1 Changing systems Very few implementers have the luxury of a clean slate.
  • cloth: Let it dry then buff with a clean cloth.
  • towel: Then dry them of with a clean towel or rag.

Used with adjective complement

  • wipe: This specialized fabric will not stain and can be wiped clean with any domestic detergent.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • up: Clean up using wet methods or an industrial vacuum cleaner.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • up: Helped a friend clean up a house they were moving into.

Particle object: out_obj

  • hutch: You may never need to remove it, not even for cleaning out the hutch.

Particle object: up_obj

  • mess: Milosevic's successors will have a hard time cleaning up the mess he left.
  • spillage: Clean up all feed spillages under feed bins to discourage wild birds.
  • spill: Scientists and engineers have devised several methods to clean up oil spills.

Preposition: with

  • antiseptic: Your skin will be cleaned with antiseptic, and then most of the rest of your body covered with a theater towel.
  • detergent: This specialized fabric will not stain and can be wiped clean with any domestic detergent.
  • soap: It will not deteriorate and maybe cleaned occasionally with soap and warm water.

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