Definitions for cleanse

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Spelling: [klenz]
IPA: /klɛnz/

Cleanse is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in cleanse (aceelns).

Definitions for cleanse

verb (used with object)

  1. to make clean.
  2. to remove by or as if by cleaning:

verb (used without object)

  1. to become clean.

Origin of cleanse

before 900; Middle English clensen, Old English clǣnsian, equivalent to clǣne clean + -si- v. suffix + -an infinitive suffix

Examples for cleanse

It also put the January “cleanse” into hilarious perspective.

And it wanted only a dozen purgatives to cleanse it entirely.

The cleanse, though, leaves out far too many nutritional basics to be safe for the long haul—and for many even the medium haul.

Underneath minimalistic names like Detox and cleanse, enticing descriptions of the fluid medicine bags help narrow the choices.

It's surely time to drive her out of the temple, and cleanse it a little.

The bucket of water-filled prayers she will use three times to “cleanse away her shame.”

cleanse me from the sin of worldly vanity that troubles me!'

We have forgotten that water can cleanse, and fire purify, and that the Earth is mother to us all.

I was about to cleanse your body, and to clear it of its bad humours.

“As a result, doing both exercise and a cleanse can leave you feeling tired, dizzy and nauseous,” she says.

Word Value for cleanse
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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