- cleanse, clean - clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
--1 is one way to groom, neaten
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun cleanser1, noun cleansing1
They cleanse themselves
- cleanse - purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"
--2 is one way to rid, free, disembarrass
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody