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Cleaning : (noun)
1: the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good
cleaning" [syn: cleansing, cleanup]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Clean \Clean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleaned; 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.
To clean out, to exhaust; to empty; to get away from (one)
all his money. [Colloq.] --De Quincey.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Cleaning : \Clean"ing\, n.
1. The act of making clean.
2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. --Gardner.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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