cleaning
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkliːnɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -iːnɪŋ
Verb
cleaning
- present participle of clean
Noun
cleaning (plural cleanings)
- (gerund of clean) The process of making something clean.
- 2009, January 13, “Jane E. Brody”, in New Thinking on How to Protect the Heart:
- So good dental hygiene, with regular periodontal cleanings, can help protect your heart as well as your teeth.
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- The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gardner to this entry?)
Derived terms
- spring cleaning
Translations
action in which something is cleaned
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Anagrams
- elancing, enlacing