cleaning : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cleaning	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for cleaning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cleaning n the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning" Synonym(s): cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
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.