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spot-cleaned

spot-cleaned is the simple past and past participle of spot-clean.

Meaning of spot-clean

Verb

spot-clean (third-person singular simple present spot-cleans, present participle spot-cleaning, simple past and past participle spot-cleaned)

  1. To clean only those parts that are soiled, rather than cleaning the entire thing, area, etc.
    • “You can ruin the cloth if you try to spot-clean it,” warns Susan Fritz, co-owner of Denver Doll Hospital, a doll-cleaning and restoration business.1999, Jeff Bredenberg, Clean It Fast, Clean It Right, page 151

Questions about spot-cleaned

What is spot-cleaned the simple past and past participle of?
Spot-cleaned is the simple past and past participle of spot-clean.

Words near spot-cleaned in the dictionary

  1. spot-check
  2. spot-checked
  3. spot-checking
  4. spot-checks
  5. spot-clean
  6. spot-cleaned
  7. spot-cleaning
  8. spot-cleans
  9. spot-kick
  10. spot-kicks
  11. spot-legged poison frog

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