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preclean

preclean verb: to clean in advance.

Verb

preclean (third-person singular simple present precleans, present participle precleaning, simple past and past participle precleaned)

  1. (transitive) To clean in advance.

Noun

preclean (plural precleans)

  1. The act of cleaning something in advance.

Forms of preclean

Verb
third-person singular presentprecleans
present participleprecleaning
past participleprecleaned
pastprecleaned
Noun
pluralprecleans

Origin of preclean

From pre- + clean.

Questions about preclean

What does preclean mean?
Preclean means to clean in advance.
What part of speech is preclean?
Preclean can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of preclean?
The past tense of preclean is precleaned.

Words near preclean in the dictionary

  1. preclassification
  2. preclassified
  3. preclassifies
  4. preclassify
  5. preclassifying
  6. preclean
  7. precleaned
  8. precleaner
  9. precleaners
  10. precleaning
  11. precleans

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