Definitions for cleaning
clean·ing

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. cleaning, cleansing, cleanup(noun)

   the act of making something clean

   "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cleaning(Noun)

   A situation in which something is cleaned

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cleaning

   of Clean

2. Cleaning(noun)

   the act of making clean

3. Cleaning(noun)

   the afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc

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1. cleaning

   Verb form of clean.

   The cleaning process was easy as she & her husband did it together.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 6, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cleaning' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3620

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cleaning' in Nouns Frequency: #2701

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How to pronounce cleaning?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cleaning in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cleaning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of cleaning in a Sentence

1. Kelly Johnson-Arbor:

   These cleaning products are in short supply, we're just sort of grabbing whatever is available, and it may be something we're not familiar with using.

2. Russell Begaye:

   The EPA was right in the middle of the disaster, and we intend to make sure the Navajo Nation recovers every dollar it spends cleaning up this mess and every dollar it loses as a result of injuries to our precious Navajo natural resources.

3. Stephen Morse:

   Even if you clean it twice a day, if someone happens just by chance to come on who's infected and their hands may be contaminated — they just sneezed into their hands and they put their hand on some surface — the cleaning only works for a short time, it's really up to all of us to take the precautions to protect ourselves.

4. Sheryl Sandberg:

   Boys are taking out the trash, it takes less time than cleaning the dishes, and they're getting higher allowances.

5. Artur Samarin:

   Everything they ask of me I could not tell them no, if I say no they gonna call immigration and send me back which I did not want. I was afraid of that so I was cleaning the toilet, I was cooking for them, I was doing everything in (the) house, all the house work. Stephayne was taking classes in HACC and I was doing homework for her. Pretty much like a slave driver system but I didn't mind as long as I'm going to school.

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