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houseclean

verb

clean and tidy up the house

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She housecleans every week

• Syn: ↑clean house, ↑clean

• Derivationally related forms: ↑cleaner (for: ↑clean), ↑cleaning (for: ↑clean), ↑housecleaning

• Hypernyms:

↑tidy, ↑tidy up, ↑clean up, ↑neaten, ↑straighten, ↑straighten out, ↑square away

• Hyponyms: ↑G.I., ↑GI, ↑spring-clean

• Verb Group: ↑clean, ↑make clean

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s

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\\ˈhau̇ˌsklēn\ verb

Etymology: back-formation from housecleaning

intransitive verb

1. : to remove dirt and accumulated rubbish from a house, room, or building : clean a house and its furniture

2. : to get rid of unwanted or useless or obnoxious items or people : clean house

transitive verb

1. : to set (a house or room) in order by thorough cleaning of surfaces and furnishings

2. : to improve or reform (as an administrative department) by ridding of undesirable people or inefficient practices

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—housecleaner, n.

/hows"kleen'/, v.t.

1. to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning.

v.i.

2. to engage in housecleaning.

[1860-65; back formation from HOUSECLEANING]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.