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spring cleaning en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A systematic cleaning of a residence at the end of winter.
   • The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of white-wash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms. 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, London: Methuen, page 1:
2. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) A systematic cleaning, reorganization, or weeding out of a system.
   • I spent the whole day in my head / Do a little spring cleanin' / I'm always too busy dreamin' 2020, Mac Miller, “Good News”, in Circles:

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Deriveds

spring-clean

Synonyms

spring clean

Translations (34)

it pulizie di primavera (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · hu tavaszi nagytakarítás (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · nl voorjaarsschoonmaak (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · fa خانهتکانی (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · fr nettoyage de printemps (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · ru весе́нняя убо́рка (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · ru генера́льная убо́рка (systematic cleaning of anything) · nn vårreingjering (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · sv storstädning (systematic cleaning of anything) · es limpieza general (systematic cleaning of anything) · de Großreinemachen (systematic cleaning of anything) · de Frühjahrsputz (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · nb vårreingjøring (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · cmn 大掃除 /大扫除 (systematic cleaning of anything) · nb vårrengjøring (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · es limpieza de primavera (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · ja スプリングクリーニング (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · fi kevätsiivous (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · cmn 大掃除 /大扫除 (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · cmn 春季大掃除 /春季大扫除 (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · sv vårstädning (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · ro curățenie de primăvară (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · ko 대청소 (systematic cleaning of anything) · ja 大掃除 (systematic cleaning of anything) · ko 봄맞이 대청소 (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · el ανοιξιάτικο καθάρισμα (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · fr ménage de printemps (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · cs jarní úklid (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · tr bahar temizliği (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · ja 大掃除 (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · fi suursiivous (systematic cleaning of anything) · el γενικό καθάρισμα (systematic cleaning of anything) · pl wiosenne porządki (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) · pt limpeza de primavera (systematic cleaning at the end of winter)