Synonyms for cleaning
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : klee-ning |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkli nɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for cleaning
Définition of cleaning
Origin :- Old English clæne "free from dirt or filth; pure, chaste, innocent; open, in the open," of beasts, "ritually safe to eat," from West Germanic *klainoz "clear, pure" (cf. Old Saxon kleni "dainty, delicate," Old Frisian klene "small," Old High German kleini "delicate, fine, small," German klein "small;" English preserves the original Germanic sense), from PIE root *gel- "bright, gleaming" (cf. Greek glene "eyeball," Old Irish gel "bright").
- "Largely replaced by clear, pure in the higher senses" [Weekley], but as a verb (mid-15c.) it has largely usurped what once belonged to cleanse. Meaning "whole, entire" is from c.1300 (clean sweep in the figurative sense is from 1821). Sense of "innocent" is from c.1300; that of "not lewd" is from 1867; that of "not carrying anything forbidden" is from 1938; that of "free of drug addiction" is from 1950s. To come clean "confess" is from 1919, American English.
- noun cleansing
- He preferred to do this, rather than to go at once to work at the sweeping and cleaning.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- Hubert was occupied the whole forenoon in cleaning the front of the old building.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- Then, oiling and cleaning it, he took some cartridges and set up a mark to shoot at.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
- All you know is that Fyles wants to send me down, by way of cleaning up this valley.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Recreation: Filling his fountain pen or cleaning typewriter.
- Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous
- The seasons for cleaning up are usually determined by the danger of theft.
- Extract from : « Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining » by John S. Hittell
- The charwoman was cleaning the kitchen and now she's out in the hall.
- Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
- He lived on his steps, cleaning up his backgrounds until dark.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- I did this from life at a friend's house, and I am cleaning it a bit.'
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- Hence they may be employed in cleaning books which have been defaced by writing on the margin, without impairing the text.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
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