cleaning
an act or instance of making clean: Give the house a good cleaning.
Slang. an overwhelming or complete defeat, financial loss, or failure: Our team took a cleaning in yesterday's game.
Informal. killing (def. 3).
Origin of cleaning
1Other words from cleaning
- self-cleaning, adjective
Words Nearby cleaning
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Social distancing, regular cleaning, hand sanitizer, and masks are pretty standard fare, though it may be hard to find details about what your state is doing.
Why you should vote as early as possible (and how to do it) | John Kennedy | September 17, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThat had implications for the profits of corporations that operate on a franchise model and for contract-staffing firms, like cleaning services.
“Cover Up”: House Democrats Subpoena Documents That NLRB Refused to Share in Ethics Investigation | by Ian MacDougall | September 15, 2020 | ProPublicaBy 1971, waste water cleaning regulations were set at a federal level.
How a Swiss Ski Resort Was Ravaged by Typhoid and Survived | Daniel Malloy | September 9, 2020 | Ozy“My district usually does a very good job with cleaning supplies,” says Hecht.
Here’s how COVID-19 is changing classes this year | Bethany Brookshire | September 8, 2020 | Science News For StudentsTheaters are opening with reduced audience capacities, assigned seating, and enhanced cleaning protocols, which means far fewer people will be able to see it on opening weekend than might have packed into multiplexes in a previous year.
One day he and some of his roommates were cleaning their room and one of the guys threw the dustpan out into the hall.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTNothing much to use in cleaning up the baby and his mother after the birth, no place to dispose of the placenta.
It also means not having to stress about cleaning out your DVR.
We coo over how cute our cat is and minimize the drudgery of cleaning the litter box.
After cleaning up the copious amount of blood on my body in a bathroom, I found my clothing and got dressed.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything | Liz Seccuro | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey ranged from moving trunks to cleaning cisterns, and, by grace of all of them, Sim was doing very well.
The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) OgdenThey require frequent cleaning with a long wire and a bit of tow, and in some large towns there are professional pipe-cleaners.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.While his mother was cleaning the fish, Alila made a fire and cut the bamboos at every joint.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeI finished cleaning out my desk and took a wastebasket full of papers to the back shop.
Nine Men in Time | Noel Miller LoomisYou save all the dreadful labor of cleaning up the house the next day, as well as that of preparation.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence Hartley
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