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Word entry · 7 letters

cleanse

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"Wash thoroughly"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /klɛnz/Part of speech verbSorted aceelnsStarts with CEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

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

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