hreinsa

hreinsa

Icelandic

Verb

hreinsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hreinsaði, supine hreinsað)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to clean, to cleanse ^deriv. syn.
2. (transitive, governs the accusative, e.g. of oil or air) to refine, to purify

   Að hreinsa olíu.

   To refine oil.

   Hreinsað loft.

   Purified air.

   Hreinsaðar olíuvörur.

   Refined petroleum products.

Synonyms

• (to clean): ^def. deriv. þrífa

Derived terms

(to clean): ^def. syn. derived terms

• dauðhreinsa (to sterilise)
• fituhreinsa (to degrease)
• hreinsa af ákæru (to exculpate)
• hreinsa til
• hreinsa sig
• hreinsa sig af
• hreinsaður

• hreinsaður sykur (refined sugar)
• hreinsanlegur (refinable)
• hreinsun
• sótthreinsa (to disinfect)
• óhreinsaður (unrefined, unrectified)
• óhreinsaður sykur (unrefined sugar)