English noun: cleaning | |||
1. | cleaning (act) the act of making something clean | ||
Samples | He gave his shoes a good cleaning. | ||
Synonyms | cleansing, cleanup | ||
Broader (hypernym) | improvement | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bathing, depilation, disinfestation, dry cleaning, epilation, housecleaning, purge, purging, purification, sanitation, sanitisation, sanitization, scouring, scrub, scrubbing, spring-cleaning, sterilisation, sterilization, sweeping, washup | ||