cleanse

Main Entry:
cleanse [klenz]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make undirty; wash
Synonyms: absolve, clarify, clean, clear, depurgate, disinfect, expurgate, launder, lustrate, purge, purify, refine, restore, rinse, sanitize, scour, scrub, sterilize
Antonyms: dirty, soil, spot
Main Entry: bathe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wash with water and, usually, soap
Synonyms: bath, clean, cleanse, dip, douse, dunk, flood, hose, imbathe, imbue, immerse, moisten, rinse, scour, scrub, shower, soak, soap, sponge, steep, submerge, suffuse, tub, water, wet
Notes: bath (noun) is the act of soaking or cleansing the body while bathe (verb) is to take a bath
Antonyms: dirty
Main Entry: clarify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: purify
Synonyms: clean, cleanse, depurate, distill, filter, rarefy, refine
Antonyms: dirty, muddle, muddy
Main Entry: clean
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make undirty, uncluttered
Synonyms: absterge, bath, bathe, blot, brush, cauterize, clarify, cleanse, clear the decks, clear up, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, do up, dredge, dust, edulcorate, elutriate, erase, expunge, expurgate, flush, hackle, launder, lave, mop, neaten, pick, pick up, polish, purge, purify, rake, rasp, refine, rinse, rout out, sanitize, scald, scour, scrape, scrub, shake out, shampoo, soak, soap, sponge, spruce up, sterilize, straighten up, swab, sweep, tidy up, vacuum, wash, whisk, winnow, wipe
Antonyms: adulterate, defile, dirty, foul, soil, stain
Main Entry: clear
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: clean, clear away
Synonyms: ameliorate, break up, brighten, burn off, clarify, cleanse, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, eliminate, empty, erase, extricate, free, lighten, loosen, lose, meliorate, open, purify, refine, rid, rule out, shake off, sweep, throw off, tidy, unblock, unburden, unclog, unload, unloose, unpack, untie, vacate, void, wipe
Antonyms: clutter, pile up
Main Entry: comb
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: arrange hair
Synonyms: adjust, card, cleanse, curry, disentangle, dress, groom, hackle, hatchel, lay smooth, rasp, scrape, separate, smooth, sort, straighten, tease, untangle
Main Entry: decontaminate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: clean
Synonyms: antiseptize, cleanse, disinfect, fumigate, make sterile, purify, sanitize, sterilize, wash
Main Entry: disinfect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make clean, pure
Synonyms: antisepticize, cleanse, decontaminate, deodorize, fumigate, purify, sanitize, sterilize
Antonyms: dirty, pollute
Main Entry: dress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cover a wound
Synonyms: attend, bandage, bind, cauterize, cleanse, give first aid, heal, plaster, sew up, sterilize, treat
Antonyms: open, uncover, undress
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