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cleaning en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkliːnɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The process of making something clean; a freeing from filth or dirt.
    • Like me, it's old, slow, loud, unsophisticated, underpowered, and in bad need of a good cleaning . 2021, David F. Lambert, Free to a Good Home:
    • So good dental hygiene, with regular periodontal cleanings, can help protect your heart as well as your teeth. 2009 January 13, Jane E. Brody, “New Thinking on How to Protect the Heart”, in New York Times:
  2. (countable, uncountable) The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
    • The risk which the cow runs, after slinking, is in not getting quit of the cleaning, or afterbirth, or placenta[…] 1844, Henry Stephens, The Book of Farm:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cleanings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

cleaning sieve · cleaning shoe · deep cleaning · spring cleaning · cleaning fluid · precleaning · autocleaning · housecleaning · cleaning rod · cleaning agent · dry cleaning · cleaningware · cleaning woman · bond cleaning · cleaning lady

cleaning en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkliːnɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of clean
    form of clean

Deriveds

self-cleaning

Translations (20)

ko 정화 (action in which something is cleaned) · pt limpeza (action in which something is cleaned) · fi puhdistus (action in which something is cleaned) · fi siivous (action in which something is cleaned) · nb rengjøring (action in which something is cleaned) · ru очи́стка (action in which something is cleaned) · pl sprzątanie (action in which something is cleaned) · fi siivoaminen (action in which something is cleaned) · fi puhdistaminen (action in which something is cleaned) · nn reingjering (action in which something is cleaned) · tr temizleme (action in which something is cleaned) · pl czyszczenie (action in which something is cleaned) · sv rengöring (action in which something is cleaned) · ar تَنْظِيف (action in which something is cleaned) · sw usafishaji (action in which something is cleaned) · hy մաքրում (action in which something is cleaned) · tr arıklaşma (action in which something is cleaned) · es limpieza (action in which something is cleaned) · te ప్రక్షాళనము (action in which something is cleaned) · tr temizlik (action in which something is cleaned)