cleanse

cleanse  (klnz)

tr.v. cleansed, cleans·ing, cleans·es

To free from dirt, defilement, or guilt; purge or clean.

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[Middle English clensen, from Old English clnsian, from clne, 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

[Old English clǣnsian; related to Middle Low German klēnsen; see clean]

cleansable  adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	cleanse - clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner" clean 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.

Translations

cleanse [klenz] VT [+ skin] → limpiar (of de) (fig) [+ soul etc] → purificar

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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

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cleanse

vt → reinigen; (spiritually) → läutern (of von)

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cleanse [klɛnz] vt → pulire (fig) (soul) → purificare

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cleanse [klɛnz] vt → pulire (fig) (soul) → purificare

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cleanse

v cleanse [klenz]

to make clean This cream will cleanse your skin; cleansed of guilt. suiwer, reinig يُنَظِّفُ дезинфекцирам (vy/o)čistit rense reinigen καθαρίζω, απαλλάσσω από limpiar puhastama پاک کردن puhdistaa nettoyer; purifier לְנָקוֹת सफाई करना čistiti tisztít membersihkan hreinsa pulire, detergere きれいにする 세척하다 (ap)valyti []tīrīt; dezinficēt reinigen rense, renske, vaske oczyszczać limpar a cu­ră­ţa; a dezinfecta очищать vyčistiť, očistiť (o)čistiti očistiti rengöra, rensa, rena ทำให้สะอาด temizlemek 使清潔 чистити; очищати صاف کرنا làm sạch sẽ 使清洁

n cleanser

something which cleans, especially a cosmetic used to clean the face. skoonmaker, reinigingsmiddel مُنظِّف дезинфектант čisticí prostředek; čistič rensecreme; rensemiddel das Reinigungsmittel καθαριστικό crema limpiadora puhastusaine پاک کننده puhdistusaine démaquillant חָלַב פָּנִים सफाई के लिए उपयोग होने वाला रसायन इत्यादि čistilo lemosó pembersih hreinsiefni struccante 洗浄剤 클렌저 valiklis ķīmiskais tīrītājs; sejas tīrīšanas līdzeklis reinigingsmiddel rensemiddel, rensekrem zmywacz produto de limpeza de­ma­chiant очищающее средство čistiaci prostriedok čistilo mleko za čišćenje kože rengöringskräm, rengöringsmedel สิ่งที่ใช้ทำความสะอาด temizleyici 清潔劑 очищувач صفائی کرنے والی کوئی چیز chất tẩy trang 清洁剂