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houseclean

houseclean verb: to clean the interior and furnishings of a residence.

Verb

houseclean (third-person singular simple present housecleans, present participle housecleaning, simple past and past participle housecleaned)

  1. (intransitive) To clean the interior and furnishings of a residence.
  2. (intransitive) To make major reforms; to clean house.
  3. (transitive) To clean the interior and residential furnishings of.
  4. (transitive) To rid of undesirable personnel and procedures.

Forms of houseclean

third-person singular presenthousecleans
present participlehousecleaning
past participlehousecleaned
pasthousecleaned

Origin of houseclean

From house + clean.

Words formed from houseclean

Questions about houseclean

What does houseclean mean?
Houseclean means to clean the interior and furnishings of a residence.
What part of speech is houseclean?
Houseclean is a verb.
What is the past tense of houseclean?
The past tense of houseclean is housecleaned.

Words near houseclean in the dictionary

  1. housecarls
  2. housecars
  3. housecat
  4. housecats
  5. housecest
  6. houseclean
  7. housecleaned
  8. housecleaner
  9. housecleaners
  10. housecleaning
  11. housecleanings

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