'Cleaning' definitions:
Definition of 'cleaning'
(from WordNet)
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]
Synonyms of 'cleaning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstergent,
- abstersion,
- autoclave,
- bowdlerization,
- broom,
- brush,
- carpet sweeper,
- catharsis,
- cathartic,
- cleansing,
- comb,
- currycomb,
- depurative,
- detergent,
- detersion,
- dishcloth,
- dishwasher,
- diuretic,
- doormat,
- dry cleaning,
- duster,
- dustpan,
- emetic,
- expurgation,
- expurgatory,
- facecloth,
- hackle,
- hairbrush,
- handkerchief,
- holystone,
- hose,
- lustral,
- lustration,
- mop,
- napkin,
- pumice stone,
- purgation,
- purgative,
- purge,
- purging,
- purification,
- purificatory,
- purifying,
- rake,
- scraper,
- scrub brush,
- scrubber,
- serviette,
- sponge,
- steam cleaning,
- sudarium,
- swab,
- toothbrush,
- toothpick,
- towel,
- vacuum cleaner,
- washboard,
- washer,
- washing machine,
- whisk,
- wisp,
- wringer
Words containing 'Cleaning'
- Clean,
- Cleaned,
- Cleanly,
- Cleanness,
- To clean out,
- clean out,
- clean up,
- A clean breach,
- Clean breach,
- Clean hands,
- clean and jerk,
- clean bomb,
- clean cut,
- clean house,
- clean room,
- clean slate,
- clean sweep,
- cleaning device,
- cleaning equipment,
- cleaning implement,
- cleaning lady,
- cleaning pad,
- cleaning woman,
- come clean,
- dry clean,
- dry cleaning,
- make clean,
- steam clean,
- A clean bill of health,
- Clean-cut,
- Clean-limbed,
- Clean-timbered,
- To make a clean breast,
- clean bill of health,
- clean-burning,
- clean-handed,
- clean-living,
- clean-shaven,
- dry-clean,
- dry-cleaned,
- make a clean breast of,
- spring-clean,
- spring-cleaning,
- vacuum-clean,
- laminar flow clean room