cleanse

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing (Freq. 1)
- clean up before you see your grandparents
- clean your fingernails before dinner
• Syn:
clean
• Derivationally related forms:
cleaning (for: clean), cleanser, cleansing
• Hypernyms:
groom, neaten
• Hyponyms:
bathe, wash, lave, soap, lather,
bath, douche, floss, decontaminate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They cleanse themselves
2. purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins
- Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins
• Hypernyms:
rid, free, disembarrass
• Hyponyms:
denazify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody