verb
1. put (things or places) in order (Freq. 8)
-
Tidy up your room!
• Syn: ↑tidy, ↑tidy up, ↑neaten, ↑straighten, ↑straighten out, ↑square away
• Hypernyms: ↑order
• Hyponyms: ↑make, ↑make up, ↑houseclean, ↑clean house, ↑clean
• Verb Frames:
-
Somebody ——s something
2. make a big profit; often in a short period of time
-
The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cleanup
• Hypernyms: ↑profit, ↑turn a profit
• Verb Frames:
-
Somebody ——s
3. dispose of
-
settle the bills
• Hypernyms: ↑settle
• Verb Frames:
-
Somebody ——s something
4. make oneself clean, presentable or neat
-
Clean up before you go to the party
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cleanup
• Verb Frames:
-
Somebody ——s
Useful english dictionary. 2012.