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cleaning meaning

EN[-iːnɪŋ]
WCleaning
  • Cleaning may refer to:
  • Cleaning a house or housekeeping
  • Washing
  • work done by a cleaner, or some of the work done by a housekeeper, maid, or other domestic worker, or by a janitor
  • Teeth cleaning
  • Cleaning Release of select saplings from competition by overtopping trees of a comparable age as a silvicultural tending technique.
  • Dry cleaning
  • Data cleaning or data cleansing
  • Types of cleaning
  • Acoustic cleaning
  • Carpet cleaning
  • Commercial cleaning
  • Exterior cleaning
  • Flame cleaning
  • Floor cleaning
  • Green cleaning
  • Infrared cleaning

    Definition of cleaning in English Dictionary

  • NounPLcleaningsSUF-ing
    1. (gerund of clean) A situation in which something is cleaned.
      1. So good dental hygiene, with regular periodontal cleanings, can help protect your heart as well as your teeth.
    2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
    3. Verb
      1. present participle of clean.
      2. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.
          • The department has been testing samples of tap water in the affected neighborhoods for the presence of the chemical, tetrachloroethylene, which is used in dry cleaning and auto body repair.
          • I was setting the children to work cleaning their rooms.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Nouns
          • Countable nouns
          • Verbs
            • Verb forms
              • Participles
                • Present participles
          Related Links:
          1. en cleanings
          2. en cleaning up
          3. en cleaning out
          4. en cleaning shoe
          5. en cleaning shoes
          Source: Wiktionary

          Meaning of cleaning for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "cleaning" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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