Used in a Sentence

cleans

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cleans.

Editorial note

This removes a lot of boilerplate and really cleans many of those typesafety checks from your code.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cleans gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.

verb

(transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.

verb

(transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cleans.

verb

(transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.

verb

(transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.

verb

(transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.

verb

(intransitive) To make things clean in general.

Example sentences

1

This removes a lot of boilerplate and really cleans many of those typesafety checks from your code.

2

Judging by the first few examples (using, mp_rename) C++11 cleans it up and makes it understandable.

3

That syntax is great, it cleans all by itself, and figures-out dependencies all by it self - even the source file often!

4

They evolved a robot, but not one that cleans or cooks for you.

5

You have to assume that code cleans itself up as the stack unwinds.

6

Also nobody cleans the crevices on British trains there's always black grime in there and the toilets often malfunction and stink out the carriage.

7

If Charter cleans house I'd expect a pretty big improvement in service quality for TWC customers.

8

I would put code in them that cleans up things that the OS would clean up anyway when the program terminates.

9

So nobody cleans the oxygen recycler, and they all die.

10

So developers end up inadvertently sending API requests that are undocumented or even non-RFC compliant … but Rails middleware cleans them up and handles it fine.

11

Cab drives to cleaners; some dude cleans cab.

12

How about an oven that: - cleans easier?

Quote examples

1

In America, a new CEO digs up all the wrong things that the previous CEO did and “cleans house”.

2

So: "git checkout test_data -f; git clean -f" -- except that cleans out the source code area as well as the test data area.

3

> In America, a new CEO digs up all the wrong things that the previous CEO did and “cleans house”.

4

Solution: Cleans all "evil" from the communist state.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use cleans in a sentence?

This removes a lot of boilerplate and really cleans many of those typesafety checks from your code.

What does cleans mean?

(transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.

What part of speech is cleans?

cleans is commonly used as verb.