Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Clean"

A: This chart looks like it’s part of a bigger joke. The person says he or she is going to clean, but instead of cleaning, the person spends most of the time finding the right podcast to listen to while cleaning.

In comparison, the amount of time the person spends “actually cleaning” is small.

A: It means the person is complimenting someone and is saying, “You look nice when you dress up.”

The ‘yourself’ at the end means the person complimenting has received a positive comment, and is saying this in return to repay the compliment. I hope this helped! :)

A: It is so clean and polished that if you rubbed your finger on it, it would make a "squeak" noise. Something with even a little bit of dirt on it will not squeak in that way.

A: To look at something or someone very quickly. You could glimpse, look at quickly, look briefly.. depending on the context.

A: It means if you make a mess, then you clean that mess up.

For example, "You need to clean up after yourself because I'm not cleaning up your mess!"

A: Joanna is clean(adjective)
She cleans(verb) her room regularly
Cleaning(subject) brings some of us entertainment

A: ("Clean up" implies things will be tidy and clean after the cleaning is done)
Clean up your room
You need to clean up after yourself
Everyone helps to clean up the table

("Clean off" implies "wiping clean" or "removing a sort of stain")
Can you clean off the stain on my shirt?
It is tough to clean off old bird droppings on cars.

A: I’m going to clean out my garage.

The sewer clean out was complete.

She decided to clean out her drawers.

The spring clean out had been successful, all products had been sold.

A: i hate cooking because I have to clean up after the mess i made.
I'm always cleaning up after the chlidren! no one ever helps me.
are you gonna clean up after that?
i have a habit of cleaning up after people.

A: With clean I think free of dirt, where as neat I think of tidy or organized. But they are very similar

A: These two can usually be used interchangeably.
"I clean on Mondays."
"I clean up on Mondays."

One distinction is that "clean up" implies there is a mess, whereas "clean" can mean only to sanitise or maintain cleanliness.

"I cleaned up after the dog." works well, because it means you're cleaning up the dog's waste. "I cleaned after the dog." sounds like the dog cleaned before you. Obviously, dogs don't have the same ideas of cleaning, so you would be understood if you said it either way.

"I clean for Mr. Doe." means that someone cleans for Mr. Doe, perhaps as a job, duty, or favour. It implies regularity.
"I clean up after Mr. Doe." also works the same way, but "clean for" is more professional as it does not imply Mr. Doe is messy.
"I clean up for Mr. Doe." may be misinterpreted as someone dressing well and primping to impress Mr. Doe. People say "You clean up well." when observing that someone has made an effort with their appearance that they don't usually make.
You would not say "I clean after Mr. Doe." unless you mean that he cleans before you. You could say "I clean after Mr. Doe eats breakfast." to get away with it and provide additional information.

A parent complaining about their child would opt for "I have to clean up Johnny's LEGO every night, or else I hurt my feet in the morning."

"I cleaned around the house." and "I cleaned up around the house." are interesting examples, because "around the house" can mean throughout the inside, or the outside perimeter. You would need to pay attention to the context of the conversation to know the difference.

A: They’re not all that different in the context of clean the board versus clean up the board. Clean can be used in past, present, and future sense.
“It was clean.”
“It is clean.”
“It will be clean.”
Clean up gives a more specific description such as saying “this needs to be cleaned up”, it mostly tells someone to put something away or to get rid of it.
Although clean the board may mean just to wipe it clean, and clean up the board may mean clean it and to put it away.

A: There’s not necessarily a difference, and which one to use depends on the context. I feel like “clean up” is used more when talking about tidying a space, fixing something that’s messy. “Clean up this mess you made,” something like that. To my ears, if someone said to me “Clean up your desk,” they’re telling me to make it tidy/less messy, maybe because I’ve got a lot of papers, food wrappers, etc., all over it. If someone says, “Clean your desk,” that sounds more like I need to get a paper towel & some soap to wipe down the desk.

But again, I don’t think there’s a hard rule here.

A: Clean out is used to clean things which can be closed e.g. I cleaned out the garage, I cleaned out that bottle. But you can also say clear out when it's moving things away, e.g. I cleared out the garage, means that you emptied out the rubbish. Clean up can be used for the body, e.g., I've been gardening so I'm going to clean up now. But it can also be used for when there is a mess, e.g. You got your paint everywhere! Clean up! So clean out is organizar or cleaning something OUT of something else (a room, a box), and clean up essentially means clean, usually for things that are dirty. but in a lot of ways, the terms are interchangeable

A: Cleaning up my room is a bothersome task for me. Even though I know the most efficient way to maintain my room is to clean it frequently, I still don’t want to do that.

“can’t” implies that the task is impossible to do. If it is impossible then you can say “I still can’t do that” (if you don’t have enough time to clean your room often, etc.).

A: clean up

A: Pronunciation-
cleen

A: Words that rhyme are "green", "mean", and "keen".

A: × You clean up all.
✓ You clean it all up.

A: That's because it is, when you imagine it.

When I imagine clean air and blue sky it is nice.

But clean air and blue sky are nice.

A: @jamiewang: its difficulty

A: They both sound natural to me. Clean out gives the impression that you are removing a lot of things.