cleanse: difference between revisions

===Pronunciation===

* {{IPA|en|/klɛnz/}}

* {{rhymes|en|ɛnz|s=1}}

 

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[free#Verb|free]] from [[dirt]]; to [[clean#Verb|clean]], to [[purify]].

#* {{quote-journal|en|title=A better waterworks|date=2013-06-01|volume=407|issue=8838

|url=http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21578526-medical-technology-artificial-kidneys-are-getting-closer-becoming-clinical

|passage=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.}}

#* {{RQ:Purchas Pilgrimes|part=5|page=993|passage=[T]he famous Ganges: whoſe vnknowne head, pleaſant ſtreames, and long extent, haue amongſt thoſe Heathen Inhabitants, (by the Tradition of their Forefathers) gained a beliefe of '''clenſing''' all ſuch ſinnes, as the bodies of thoſe that waſh therein brought with them: [...]}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.

 

====Translations====

* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изчиствам}}, {{t+|bg|почиствам}}

* Chinese: {{t+|zh|清洗}} (qīngxǐ)

* Dutch: {{t+|nl|reinigen}}, {{t+|nl|schoonmaken}}

* Finnish: {{t+|fi|puhdistaa}}

* Russian: {{t+|ru|очищать}}

* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|क्षिपति}}, {{t|sa|पवयति}}

* Thai: {{t+|th|ชำระ}}, {{t+|th|ล้าง}}

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* Greek:

*: Ancient: {{t|grc|καθαρίζω}}, {{t|grc|ἁγνίζω}}

* Italian: {{t+|it|purificare}}

* Japanese: {{t|ja|浄化する}}

 

# An act of cleansing; a [[purification]].

#: {{syn|en|cleansing}}

 

====Translations====

* {{anagrams|en|a=aceelns|Senecal|canelés|elances|enlaces|enscale|scalene}}