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cleanse

 (klĕnz)
tr.v. cleansed, cleans·ing, cleans·es
1.
a. To free from dirt, contamination, or impurities: cleansed the wound.
b. To treat (the body or an organ) with a regimen intended to remove impurities and promote health: drank vegetable juice for a week to cleanse her digestive system.
2. To purify morally or spiritually: cleanse the organization of corruption; cleansed of sin.
3. To subject to ethnic cleansing.
n.
An act of cleansing: a cleanse of the digestive system.
Idiom:
cleanse the/one's palate
To clear the mouth of strong flavors: served sherbet between courses to cleanse the palate.

[Middle English clensen, from Old English clǣnsian, from clǣne, pure, clean.]
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cleanse

(klɛnz)
vb (tr)
1. to remove dirt, filth, etc, from
2. to remove guilt from
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to remove a group of people from (an area) by means of ethnic cleansing
4. to remove a group of people from (an area) by means of ethnic cleansing
[Old English clǣnsian; related to Middle Low German klēnsen; see clean]
ˈcleansable adj
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cleanse

(klɛnz)

v. cleansed, cleans•ing. v.t.
1. to make clean.
2. to remove by or as if by cleaning: to cleanse sin from the soul.
3. to practice ethnic cleansing on; purge.
v.i.
4. to become clean.
[before 900; Middle English clensen, Old English clǣnsian <clǣne clean]
cleans′a•ble, adj.
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cleanse


Past participle: cleansed
Gerund: cleansing

Imperative
cleanse
cleanse
Present
I cleanse
you cleanse
he/she/it cleanses
we cleanse
you cleanse
they cleanse
Preterite
I cleansed
you cleansed
he/she/it cleansed
we cleansed
you cleansed
they cleansed
Present Continuous
I am cleansing
you are cleansing
he/she/it is cleansing
we are cleansing
you are cleansing
they are cleansing
Present Perfect
I have cleansed
you have cleansed
he/she/it has cleansed
we have cleansed
you have cleansed
they have cleansed
Past Continuous
I was cleansing
you were cleansing
he/she/it was cleansing
we were cleansing
you were cleansing
they were cleansing
Past Perfect
I had cleansed
you had cleansed
he/she/it had cleansed
we had cleansed
you had cleansed
they had cleansed
Future
I will cleanse
you will cleanse
he/she/it will cleanse
we will cleanse
you will cleanse
they will cleanse
Future Perfect
I will have cleansed
you will have cleansed
he/she/it will have cleansed
we will have cleansed
you will have cleansed
they will have cleansed
Future Continuous
I will be cleansing
you will be cleansing
he/she/it will be cleansing
we will be cleansing
you will be cleansing
they will be cleansing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cleansing
you have been cleansing
he/she/it has been cleansing
we have been cleansing
you have been cleansing
they have been cleansing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cleansing
you will have been cleansing
he/she/it will have been cleansing
we will have been cleansing
you will have been cleansing
they will have been cleansing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cleansing
you had been cleansing
he/she/it had been cleansing
we had been cleansing
you had been cleansing
they had been cleansing
Conditional
I would cleanse
you would cleanse
he/she/it would cleanse
we would cleanse
you would cleanse
they would cleanse
Past Conditional
I would have cleansed
you would have cleansed
he/she/it would have cleansed
we would have cleansed
you would have cleansed
they would have cleansed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.cleanse - clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
bathe - cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily"
wash - to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day"
lave, wash - cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
soap, lather - rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
bath, bathe - clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"
douche - direct a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning
neaten, groom - care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed"
floss - use dental floss to clean; "floss your teeth after every meal"
decontaminate - rid of contamination; "The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city"
2.cleanse - purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"
denazify - free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance; "Germany was denazified after WW II"; "The highest judges were never denazified"
disembarrass, rid, free - relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"
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cleanse

verb purify, clear, purge Your body is beginning to cleanse itself of tobacco toxins.
1. absolve, clear, purge, purify Confession cleanses the soul.
2. clean, wash, scrub, rinse, scour She demonstrated the proper way to cleanse the face.
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cleanse

verb
1. To make or become clear by the removal of impurities:
2. To free from sin, guilt, or defilement:
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Translations
čistit
rense
hreinsa
apvalytivaliklis
attīrītdezinficēttīrīt

cleanse

[klenz] VT [+ skin] → limpiar (of de) (fig) [+ soul etc] → purificar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cleanse

[ˈklɛnz] vt
[+ skin, wound] → nettoyer
[+ digestive system] → purger
to cleanse sth of sth (physically)purger qch de qch
(morally) [+ soul] → purifier
to cleanse sth of sth (morally)purifier qch de qch
(ethnically) [+ place, area] → purifier
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cleanse

vtreinigen; (spiritually) → läutern (of von)
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cleanse

[klɛnz] vtpulire (fig) (soul) → purificare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cleanse

(klenz) verb
to make clean. This cream will cleanse your skin; cleansed of guilt.
ˈcleanser noun
something which cleans, especially a cosmetic used to clean the face.
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References in classic literature ?
Yes; and many is the time, when, after the severest uninterrupted labors, which know no night; continuing straight through for ninety-six hours; when from the boat, where they have swelled their wrists with all day rowing on the Line, --they only step to the deck to carry vast chains, and heave the heavy windlass, and cut and slash, yea, and in their very sweatings to be smoked and burned anew by the combined fires of the equatorial sun and the equatorial try-works; when, on the heel of all this, they have finally bestirred themselves to cleanse the ship, and make a spotless dairy room of it; many is the time the poor fellows, just buttoning the necks of their clean frocks, are startled by the cry of There she blows!
His soul of his soul's strife, And cleanse from every blot of blood
Let nothing linger after-- No whispering ghost remain, In wall, or beam, or rafter, Of any hate or pain: Cleanse and call home thy spirit, Deny her leave to cast, On aught thy heirs inherit, The shadow of her past.
THE KILLING OF THE SUITORS--THE MAIDS WHO HAVE MISCONDUCTED THEMSELVES ARE MADE TO CLEANSE THE CLOISTERS AND ARE THEN HANGED.
When they had done this they washed their hands and feet and went back into the house, for all was now over; and Ulysses said to the dear old nurse Euryclea, "Bring me sulphur, which cleanses all pollution, and fetch fire also that I may burn it, and purify the cloisters.
At last I reached my own box, and had some corn; and after Robert had wrapped up my knees in wet cloths, he tied up my foot in a bran poultice, to draw out the heat and cleanse it before the horse-doctor saw it in the morning, and I managed to get myself down on the straw, and slept in spite of the pain.
Although lately some spark may have been shown by one, which made us think he was ordained by God for our redemption, nevertheless it was afterwards seen, in the height of his career, that fortune rejected him; so that Italy, left as without life, waits for him who shall yet heal her wounds and put an end to the ravaging and plundering of Lombardy, to the swindling and taxing of the kingdom and of Tuscany, and cleanse those sores that for long have festered.
He told him that he should try to do nothing to stain the whiteness of that apron, which symbolized strength and purity; then of the unexplained trowel, he told him to toil with it to cleanse his own heart from vice, and indulgently to smooth with it the heart of his neighbor.
Darcy may perhaps have HEARD of such a place as Gracechurch Street, but he would hardly think a month's ablution enough to cleanse him from its impurities, were he once to enter it; and depend upon it, Mr.
His men cleanse their fingers on their woollen aprons before presuming to touch their foreheads to Mr Boffin or Lady.
A juice cleanse is a type of detox that involves consuming vegetable and fruit juice for a short period of time, such as one to three days.
Asked about speculation that the kidnappings also involve corrupt revenue district officers, Albayalde said the BIR should cleanse its ranks.