rense

cleanse, gut, purify, unstop

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vb clean ( fx one's clothes, a pipe, one's nails, a wound),

(skylle) rinse ( fx bottles);

(F: især grundigt) cleanse ( fx a wound);

(ceremonielt) cleanse; purify;

(fig: for beskyldning) clear (for of),

F exculpate, exonerate (for from);

(moralsk etc) cleanse (for of, fx guilt, iniquity, wickedness), purify, purge (for of, fx one's mind of wicked thoughts);

(om fisk, fjerkræ) clean,

(tage indvoldene ud af fjerkræ også) draw (og binde op and truss);

(fagligt) (især om væske, luftart) purify ( fx water, the blood),

(om spildevand også) treat;

(sigte) screen, sift;

(raffinere) refine ( fx petrol, sugar), rectify ( fx alcohol);

(rør etc) clean out, clear;

(korn) clean,

(med blæser el. vind) winnow;

(for radioaktivitet, giftgas) decontaminate;

[kemisk rense]

(om tøj) dry-clean;

[rense luften] purify the air,

(fig) clear the air;

[ med præp, adv & sig:]

[rense for] clear of,

F rid of,

(stærkere) purge of;

(fig), se ovf;

[rense noget for pletter] remove stains (, spots) from something;

[rense `fra] remove, eliminate;

[rense op] clean out,

(opmudre) dredge ( fx a harbour, a river);

[rense ud] clean,

F cleanse;

(i skov) weed, clean;

(ved afføring) purge ( fx the bowels);

(fig: uønskede personer etc) weed out;

[rense ud i personalet] weed out the staff,

F purge the staff of undesirable elements (, incompetent persons etc);

[rense sig] clean oneself,

(for beskyldning) clear oneself, clear one's name.