cleanse

CEFRB2

/klɛnz/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To clean something thoroughly.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.

Examples

  • Cleanse me! Release me! Set me free!

  • The Europeans hired an exorcist to cleanse their continent of demons.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.

  2. To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An act of cleansing; a purification.

More examples

In context

  • I regularly visit the spa for a massage and a facial cleanse.

  • 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.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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”).