cleaner

n 1: a preparation used in cleaning something [syn: {cleansing

agent}, {cleanser}]

2: the operator of dry-cleaning establishment [syn: {dry

cleaner}]

3: someone whose occupation is cleaning

clean

1. Used of hardware or software designs, implies "elegance in

the small", that is, a design or implementation that may not

hold any surprises but does things in a way that is reasonably

intuitive and relatively easy to comprehend from the outside.

The antonym is "grungy" or {crufty}.

2. To remove unneeded or undesired files in a effort to reduce

clutter: "I'm cleaning up my account." "I cleaned up the

garbage and now have 100 Meg free on that partition."

[{Jargon File}]

(1994-12-12)