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 ofcows ,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
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= Two agents are necessary to the proper cleaning of leather, -- a _cleaning agent_ and an _oiling agent_.
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Were 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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Waylon Lewis: Method's Dirty, Dirty Video Spoof Against Toxic Household Cleaners 2009
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He spent most of his term cleaning up after Allen and Gilmore, and did a pretty good job of it.
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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