bottom the house
bottom the house verb: to clean a house from top to bottom; to clean a house extremely thoroughly.
Verb
bottom the house (third-person singular simple present bottoms the house, present participle bottoming the house, simple past and past participle bottomed the house)
- To clean a house from top to bottom; to clean a house extremely thoroughly.
- The half-length lace curtains keep out most of what little sun there is, but they establish your privacy: the window-ledges and doorsteps scrubbed and yellowed with scouring-stone further establish that you are a 'decent' family, that you believe in 'bottoming' the house each week.1957, Richard Hoggart, The Uses of Literacy, →ISBN
- She had 'bottomed' the house (ie spring-cleaned) and cooked specially for me.1978, Colin Gordon, A richer dust: echoes from an Edwardian album
Forms of bottom the house
| third-person singular present | bottoms the house |
|---|---|
| present participle | bottoming the house |
| past participle | bottomed the house |
| past | bottomed the house |
Questions about bottom the house
- What does bottom the house mean?
- Bottom the house means to clean a house from top to bottom; to clean a house extremely thoroughly.
- What part of speech is bottom the house?
- Bottom the house is a verb.
- What is the past tense of bottom the house?
- The past tense of bottom the house is bottomed the house.
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