cleans

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of clean.

   She cleans the windows until they shine.

   This soap cleans grease off pans in seconds.

   Note

   The -s form carries every verb sense of clean, including the specialist ones. A climber cleans a route by removing gear left on it after a lead climb, and a curler cleans the ice lightly ahead of a moving rock, less vigorously than a sweep. It also works without an object (he cleans on Saturdays), meaning tidying in general. Its spelling matches the plural noun.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of clean.

   The cleaning service offers weekly cleans at a discount.

   Deep cleans take much longer than the regular tidying.

   Note

   Countable uses of the noun clean sit behind this plural. One clean is one session of cleaning, or one lift that brings the weight from floor to shoulders in the clean and jerk. Where death growls and screams are part of the singing, the plural is the natural form: cleans are the clear vocals set against them. The spelling is shared with the present-tense verb, and a determiner (two cleans, the cleans) marks the noun.

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