'Cleaning' definitions:

Definition of 'cleaning'

From: WordNet
noun
The act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning" [syn: cleaning, cleansing, cleanup]

Definition of 'Cleaning'

From: GCIDE
  • Cleaning \Clean"ing\, n.
  • 1. The act of making clean. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. --Gardner. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cleaning'

From: GCIDE
  • Clean \Clean\ (kl[=e]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleaned (kl[=e]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaning.] [See Clean, a., and cf. Cleanse.] To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse. [1913 Webster]
  • To clean out, to exhaust; to empty; to get away from (one) all his money. [Colloq.] --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]