cleanse

English

Etymology

From Old English clǣnsian, from West Proto-Germanic *klainisōną, from *klainiz (“clean”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /klɛnz/

Verb

cleanse (third-person singular simple present cleanses, present participle cleansing, simple past and past participle cleansed)

1. (transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, purify.
   • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly): 

     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.

2. (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from sin or guilt; to purge.

Translations

clean, purify

• Bulgarian: изчиствам (bg) (izčistvam), почиствам (bg) (počistvam)
• Chinese: 清洗 (qīngxǐ)
• Czech: očistit se (cs)
• Dutch: reinigen (nl), schoonmaken (nl)
• Hebrew: איבק (he) (ibék)
• Korean: 씻다 (ko) (ssitda)

• Latin: abluō (la), mundo (la), luo (la)
• Old English: clǣnsian (ang), fǣlsian (ang)
• Polish: oczyścić (pl)
• Russian: очищать (ru) (očiščatʹ)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

spiritually purify

• Bulgarian: пречиствам (bg) (prečistvam)
• Czech: očistit se (cs)
• Hebrew: נטהר (he) (nithár)
• Korean: 정화하다 (ko) (jeonghwahada)

• Polish: oczyścić
• Russian: очищать (ru) (očiščatʹ)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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