"cleanse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /klɛnz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cleanse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cleanses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnz Etymology: From Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōną, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“clean”). Cognate with archaic Dutch kleinzen (“to clean; to purify”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|clǣnsian}} Old English clǣnsian, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*klainisōną}} Proto-West Germanic *klainisōną, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*klainiz||clean}} Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“clean”), {{m|nl|kleinzen||to clean; to purify}} kleinzen (“to clean; to purify”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cleanse (plural cleanses)
  1. An act of cleansing; a purification. Categories (topical): Hygiene Synonyms: cleansing Translations (purification, cleansing): Reinigung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-cleanse-en-noun-bVdGM6T- Disambiguation of Hygiene: 79 3 2 17

Verb

IPA: /klɛnz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cleanse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cleanses [present, singular, third-person], cleansing [participle, present], cleansed [participle, past], cleansed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnz Etymology: From Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōną, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“clean”). Cognate with archaic Dutch kleinzen (“to clean; to purify”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|clǣnsian}} Old English clǣnsian, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*klainisōną}} Proto-West Germanic *klainisōną, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*klainiz||clean}} Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“clean”), {{m|nl|kleinzen||to clean; to purify}} kleinzen (“to clean; to purify”) Head templates: {{en-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, to purify. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cleanse-en-verb-zD4BP8Dc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 12 39 43
  2. (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge. Tags: transitive Translations (to spiritually purify): καθαρίζω (katharízō) (Ancient Greek), ἁγνίζω (hagnízō) (Ancient Greek), пречиствам (prečistvam) (Bulgarian), očistit se (Czech), puhdistaa (Finnish), purifier (French), טיהר (tihér) (Hebrew), purificare (Italian), 浄化する (Japanese), 정화하다 (jeonghwahada) (Korean), utwaharisha (Maore Comorian), oczyścić (Polish), purificar (Portuguese), очищать (očiščatʹ) (Russian), पवयति (pavayati) (Sanskrit), purificar (Spanish), ชำระ (cham-rá) (Thai), ล้าง (láang) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-cleanse-en-verb-RsH~mHvD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 12 39 43 Disambiguation of 'to spiritually purify': 15 82 3
  3. (transitive) To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cleanse-en-verb-Haa~skCM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 12 39 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 27 29 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (to clean, purify): καθαρίζω (katharízō) (Ancient Greek), καθαίρω (kathaírō) (Ancient Greek), ἁγνίζω (hagnízō) (Ancient Greek), glanaat (Breton), изчиствам (izčistvam) (Bulgarian), почиствам (počistvam) (Bulgarian), 清洗 (qīngxǐ) (Chinese), očistit se (Czech), očistit [perfective] (Czech), reinigen (Dutch), schoonmaken (Dutch), puhdistaa (Finnish), reinigen (German), säubern (German), 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hrainjan) (Gothic), איבק (ibék) (Hebrew), ripulire (Italian), pulire (Italian), purificare (Italian), detergere (Italian), 浄化する (Jōka suru) (Japanese), 清める (Kiyomeru) (Japanese), 씻다 (ssitda) (Korean), abluō (Latin), mundo (Latin), luo (Latin), clǣnsian (Old English), fǣlsian (Old English), oczyścić (Polish), limpar (Portuguese), очищать (očiščatʹ) (Russian), क्षिपति (kṣipati) (Sanskrit), पवयति (pavayati) (Sanskrit), limpiar (Spanish), lavar (Spanish), purificar (Spanish), ชำระ (cham-rá) (Thai), ล้าง (láang) (Thai)
Disambiguation of 'to clean, purify': 53 45 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "mundo"
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