Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cleaning"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clean \Clean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleaned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Cleaning}.] [See {Clean}, a., and cf. {Cleanse}.]
To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or
extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.
{To clean out}, to exhaust; to empty; to get away from (one)
all his money. [Colloq.] --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cleaning \Clean"ing\, n.
1. The act of making clean.
2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. --Gardner.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cleaning
n : the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good
cleaning" [syn: {cleansing}, {cleanup}]
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