cleaning

Speech parts

1. cleaning - Noun

2. cleaning - Verb

Meaning

of Clean

The act of making clean.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cleansing washing purification sweeping laundering wipe laundry scouring scrubbing cleanup mopping housekeeping tidying wash whiting
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Antonyms

dirtying plastering shooting breaking attacking hitting
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Hypernyms

improvement

Hyponyms

purification sweeping sanitation bathing purge sterilization

Phrases with the word

cleaning up cleaning service do the cleaning do house cleaning cleaning person cleaning product

Anagrams

elancing

Examples

Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets. Klaus Kinski

A great statesman, like a good housekeeper, knows that cleaning has to be done every morning. André Maurois

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. Kurt Vonnegut

Cleaning the house will not pay the rent. Irish Proverb

Cleaning a blot with blotted fingers maketh a greater. Spanish Proverb

You find everything when you are spring cleaning. Yiddish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

cleanhanded cleanhandedly cleanhandedness cleaning agent cleaning brush cleaning brushes