Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of making clean.
  • noun The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
  • noun In forestry, a thinning made in a stand which has not reached the small-pole stage. Its main object is to remove trees of undesirable form and species. See thinning.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of making clean.
  • noun The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of clean.
  • noun A situation in which something is cleaned
  • noun The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of making something clean

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Examples

  • = Two agents are necessary to the proper cleaning of leather, -- a _cleaning agent_ and an _oiling agent_.

    Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition 1906

  • We’re cleaning the ship out, —cleaning the whole blessed ship out; and overboard you go!

    The Man Who Had Nowhere to Go Herbert George 1896

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  • He spent most of his term cleaning up after Allen and Gilmore, and did a pretty good job of it.

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post 2010

  • And just one final question, I think Mike Mayo had used the term cleaning up Countrywide and I would just ask how far through that process do you feel that you are at this point and when do we get to Countrywide sort of looking like a normal mortgage company?

    Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2010

  • He’s had to spend a big part of his term cleaning up the mess caused by the policies Morrison would bring back.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • He’s had to spend a big part of his term cleaning up the mess caused by the policies Morrison would bring back.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • He’s had to spend a big part of his term cleaning up the mess caused by the policies Morrison would bring back.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • He’s had to spend a big part of his term cleaning up the mess caused by the policies Morrison would bring back.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • He’s had to spend a big part of his term cleaning up the mess caused by the policies Morrison would bring back.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

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