clean vs twist

clean

verb
  • To tidy up, make a place neat. 

  • To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.). 

  • Synonym of clean up 

  • To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed. 

  • To remove dirt from a place or object. 

  • To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep. 

  • To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal. 

  • To make things clean in general. 

  • To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast. 

noun
  • Removal of dirt. 

  • The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders. 

adv
  • Fully and completely. 

adj
  • Pure, especially morally or religiously. 

  • Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear. 

  • Empty. 

  • Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position. 

  • Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). 

  • In an unmarked condition. 

  • Not having used drugs or alcohol. 

  • Cool or neat. 

  • Smooth, exact, and performed well. 

  • That does not damage the environment. 

  • Having relatively few impurities. 

  • Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire. 

  • Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs. 

  • Not dirty. 

  • Devoid of profanity. 

  • Without restrictions or penalties, or someone having such a record. 

  • Well-proportioned; shapely. 

  • Ascended without falling. 

  • Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects. 

twist

verb
  • To turn a knob etc. 

  • To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force. 

  • To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts. 

  • To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating. 

  • In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card. 

  • To join together by twining one part around another. 

  • To wind into; to insinuate. 

  • To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings). 

  • To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends. 

  • To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction. 

  • To cause to rotate. 

  • To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve. 

  • To coax. 

  • To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips). 

noun
  • A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc. 

  • A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage. 

  • A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc. 

  • A twisting force. 

  • The form given in twisting. 

  • An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc. 

  • A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape. 

  • The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon. 

  • A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details. 

  • A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination. 

  • The degree of stress or strain when twisted. 

  • Anything twisted, or the act of twisting. 

  • A small roll of tobacco. 

  • A sprain, especially to the ankle. 

  • A girl, a woman. 

  • A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together. 

  • A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together. 

  • A rotation of the body when diving. 

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