Cleaning
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of making clean.
noun.
The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
noun.
In
forestry
, a thinning made in a stand which has not reached the small-pole stage. Its main object is to remove trees of undesirable form and species. See
thinning
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The act of making clean.
noun.
The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
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verb.
Present participle of
clean
.
noun.
A situation in which something is
cleaned
noun.
The
afterbirth
of
cows
,
ewes
, etc.
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noun.
the act of making something clean
Word Usage
"= Two agents are necessary to the proper cleaning of leather, -- a _cleaning agent_ and an _oiling agent_."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
improvement
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
bathing
depilation
disinfestation
dry cleaning
epilation
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
careening
convening
demeaning
greening
intervening
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
abstergent
abstersion
autoclave
bowdlerization
broom
verb-stem
clean