В someone who cares too much about social class
snob snob||snu:b [n C] someone who thinks that they are better than people from a lower social class, and does not want to talk to them or be friends with them: My mother was such a snob she wouldn't let me play with the local children
snobbish /'snnbiJI'snuib- [adj] someone
who is snobbish thinks that they are better than people from a lower social class: Snobbish home-owners are protesting about a refugee family moving into their street.
CLEAN
not dirty
opposite dirty
see also tidy, shine, wash
CLASS IN SOCIETY
/К Don't confuse clean (=not dirty) and tidy (=when everything is neatly arranged and is in the right place).
D clean
clean kli:n \odj] not dirty: He changed into a clean shirt. I I'll put some clean sheets on the bed. I New houses are much easier to keeo clean.
nice and clean/lovely and clean British
(=very clean) Our hotel room was lovely
and clean.
clean water/air (=with no harmful substances in it) What the villagers need most is a supply of clean drinking water.
spotlessly clean/spotless spntbsli
kliin. spDtl3s||.spci:t-/ [aaj] completely clean - use this about clothes, rooms, or houses:
Nina keeps the kitchen absolutely spot
less. I He was wearing a spotlessly clean white shirt.
hygienic /haid3i:nik||-d;se-, -d3i:- [ad)\ clean so that diseases cannot spread; You shouldn't let the cat walk on the table. It's not hygienic. ! Meat products must always be kept in hygienic conditions.
to make something clean
clean kli:n [v I/T| to make something clean by removing the dirt, dust etc: I clean the windows every Saturday, i Tony was cleaning his car. I How often do you clean the kitchen? clean sth up/clean up sth (-remove dirt by cleaning, especially in a room, from a
floor etc) There was mud all ouer the car
pet, and it took me a long time to clean it up.
с lean your teeth British / always clean my teeth last thing at night. + behind/under etc Make sure you clean behind the stove, cleaning [n U] when you clean things, especially in a room, or a house: I hate cleaning!
do the cleaning Her husband does most of the cleaning.
Д You can also say gjve something a clean in British English, and it means the same as c|ean something > decided to give my bedroom a clean.
spring-clean sPrirJ kliin [u I/T] to clean
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your whole house very thoroughly, including things that you do not clean very
Wipe waip \v T] to remove dirt or liquid from something using a slightly wet cloth: The waiter was wiping the tables.
wipe sth. up/wipe up
sth (=remove something from a surface by wiping) If you spill any paint, wipe it up immediately.
dust /dASt/' lv I/T] to
remove dust from furniture, shelves etc using a soft cloth: Take the ornaments off the shelf and dust them. + behind/under etc She didn't often dust behind the clock on the mantelpiece.
scrub
polish /'pDliJII'po:- [t> T] to make something clean and shiny, for example your shoes or a piece of furniture, by rubbing it with a cloth or brush: She polished the piano until the wood shone. I a polished wooden floor
to dean something with a brush
brush /ыл;/ [и T] to clean something with a brush: You should brush your jacket - it's covered in dust. brush sth off I brushed the crumbs off the sofa. brush your teeth Have you brushed your teeth yet?
Scrub ДглЬ/ lv T] to
often: Barry spent the weekend spring- cleaning. I I want to spring-clean the whole apartment before Easter.
to dean something with a cloth
wipe
dust
clean something by rubbing it hard with a brush and some water or soap: I had a job in a restaurant, washing the dishes and scrubbing the floors. I Scrub the potatoes and boil them for 5-10
minutes.
scrubbing - scrubbed - have scrubbed
sweep swi:p \v T] to clean the floor or the
ground using a brush with a long handle: When everyone had left, Ed swept the
floor.
sweep up sth/sweep
sth up (-remove something from a floor by sweeping) Can you help me sweep up all the pieces of glass?
vacuum
sweeping - swept - have swept
to dean something with a special cleaning machine
vacuum (also hoover
British) /'vaekjusm, -kjom, huiv9r/ [u I/T| to clean something using a special machine that sucks dirt into a bag inside the machine: Have you vacuumed all the carpets?
when you keep things clean to prevent disease
hygiene /'haidjkn/ [n U] methods you use to make sure that everything is completely clean, especially in order to prevent disease: Lack of hygiene attracted large numbers of rats.
personal hygiene (^keeping your body clean) Some kids just aren't interested in personal hygiene.
disinfect dis^n'fekt/ {v T] to use chem icals to clean a place, a piece of equipment. or a wound, in order to prevent disease: She cleaned and disinfected the cuts on his hands. I Disinfect the toilet