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Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 2 votes

  1. cleaning, cleansing, cleanupnoun

    the act of making something clean

    "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"

    Synonyms:
    cleanup position, cleanup spot, killing, cleansing, cleanup

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How to use cleaning in a sentence?

  1. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.:

    Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion... I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

  2. Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt, p. 215:

    There is a particular disdain with which Siamese cats regard you. Anyone who has walked in on the Queen cleaning her teeth will be familiar with the feeling.

  3. The President:

    Then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. Is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning ? because President Donald Trump see it gets on the lungs and does a tremendous number on the lungs.

  4. Susan Sampliner:

    We're putting all kinds of new systems in likecontactless ticketing and other things and cleaning procedures, just to make sure the theater is spotless and it's welcoming as it can be to our audiences.

  5. Li Quanxi:

    We will arrange free services at cemeteries, the staff will offer free tomb cleaning and free flowers, we want to encourage people to transform social traditions amid the coronavirus outbreak.


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