cleaning
/ˈkliːnɪŋ/
cleaning noun: the process of making something clean; a freeing from filth or dirt. Also the present participle and gerund of clean.
Noun
cleaning (countable and uncountable, plural cleanings)
- The process of making something clean; a freeing from filth or dirt.
- So good dental hygiene, with regular periodontal cleanings, can help protect your heart as well as your teeth.2009 January 13, Jane E. Brody, “New Thinking on How to Protect the Heart”, in New York Times
- Like me, it's old, slow, loud, unsophisticated, underpowered, and in bad need of a good cleaning .2021, David F. Lambert, Free to a Good Home
- The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
- The risk which the cow runs, after slinking, is in not getting quit of the cleaning, or afterbirth, or placenta[…]1844, Henry Stephens, The Book of Farm
Also used as
cleaning is also the present participle and gerund of clean.
cleaning meaning in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Punjabi
cleaning in Telugu
- action in which something is cleaned
- ప్రక్షాళనము prakṣāḷanamu
cleaning in Malayalam
- ശുചീകരണം, വൃത്തിയാക്കൽ
cleaning in Kannada
- ಸ್ವಚ್ಛಗೊಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ, ಸ್ವಚ್ಛಗೊಳಿಸುವುದು
cleaning in Punjabi
- ਸਫਾਈ
More languagesFewer languages
- cleaning in Gujarati
- સફાઇ, સફાઈ, સાફસફાઈ
- cleaning in Odia
- ସଫେଇ
- cleaning in Nepali
- सफाइ, सफाई गर्ने, सफा गर्ने
- cleaning in Arabic
- تَنْظِيف tanẓīf
Forms of cleaning
| plural | cleanings |
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Words formed from cleaning
Phrases with cleaning
Words that rhyme with cleaning
Questions about cleaning
- What does cleaning mean?
- Cleaning means the process of making something clean; a freeing from filth or dirt.
- What is cleaning in Telugu?
- Cleaning in Telugu is ప్రక్షాళనము (prakṣāḷanamu). See Cleaning meaning in Telugu.
- What part of speech is cleaning?
- Cleaning is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cleaning?
- Cleaning is pronounced /ˈkliːnɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of cleaning?
- The plural of cleaning is cleanings.
Words near cleaning in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cleaning (page history and authors); cleaning (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleaning (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleaning (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleaning (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleaning (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleaning (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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