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influential, authoritative, serious, weighty: Classical authors
are those who are regarded as being of good credit and authority
in the schools. Montaigne is the earliest classical writer in
the French language. 2 Greek, Latin, Roman: Architectural
styles of the 18th century harked back to Classical designs.
claw n. 1 talon, nail: The cat had scratched her badly with its
claws.
--v. 2 scratch, tear, scrape, rake, slash: She clawed at his
face to break his grip on her throat. 3 grapple, grab, catch,
scrape, scrabble: He tried to climb up the embankment, clawing
at the steep wall.
clean adj. 1 pure, undefiled, unsullied, unmixed, unadulterated,
uncontaminated, unpolluted, uninfected, unspoiled or unspoilt,
sanitary, disinfected; antiseptic, decontaminated, purified,
sterile: The laboratory reports that our well water is
absolutely clean. You must use a clean bandage. 2 unsoiled,
untainted, unstained; unsullied; cleansed, cleanly, (freshly)
laundered or washed, scrubbed; spotless, immaculate: She puts
on clean underwear every day in case she's involved in an
accident. 3 clean-cut, neat, simple, definite, uncomplicated,
smooth, even, straight, trim, tidy: The edges of the fracture
are clean and will mend quickly. 4 innocent, blameless,
inoffensive, respectable; decent, chaste, pure, honourable,
good, undefiled, virtuous, moral: The suspect was completely
clean - he was out of town at the time of the robbery. 5
non-radioactive: They say they've produced a clean bomb, but I
don't believe it. 6 unarmed, weaponless: Frisk that suspect
and make sure he's clean.
--adv. 7 completely, entirely, thoroughly, fully, totally,
wholly, altogether, quite, utterly, absolutely: Geoff's clean
out of his mind if he believes that. With one blow he cut the
orange clean through. 8 come clean. confess, acknowledge, make a
clean breast, admit, make a revelation, reveal, Colloq own up,
spill the beans; US dialect fess up; Slang sing: In the end he
saw that he was trapped and decided to come clean.
--v. 9 cleanse, wash, lave, (take a) shower, sponge, mop,
scrub, scour, sweep, dust, vacuum, polish, launder, dry-clean,
Brit hoover; tidy, neaten, do up, straighten up or out,