Cleanse has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Noun
1
An act of cleansing; a purification.
"After years of stress and poor diet, she decided to cleanse her body with a strict regimen of organic foods and plenty of water."
Verb
1
clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
"clean up before you see your grandparents"
"clean your fingernails before dinner"
2
purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins
"Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"
3
To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
"She used a gentle cleanser to thoroughly cleanse her face before applying moisturizer."
Example Sentences
"clean up before you see your grandparents"
verb
"clean your fingernails before dinner"
verb
"Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"
verb
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