cleanse
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
clean up before you see your grandparents
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- cleaning derivation
- cleansing agent derivation
Sense 2 verb
purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins
Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins
Types & categories
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cleaning |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cleansing agent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | neaten |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bathe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wash |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wash |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | soap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bath |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | douche |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | floss |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | decontaminate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rid |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | denazify |