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When you get to know me, I don't despair - I just get up, clean up, and start again.
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Meaning of "clean up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLEAN UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLEAN UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Clean up is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb clean up in English.

WHAT DOES CLEAN UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of clean up in the English dictionary

The first definition of clean up in the dictionary is to rid of dirt, filth, or other impurities. Other definition of clean up is to make orderly or presentable. Clean up is also to rid of undesirable people or conditions.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CLEAN UP

PRESENT

Present
I clean up
you clean up
he/she/it cleans up
we clean up
you clean up
they clean up
Present continuous
I am cleaning up
you are cleaning up
he/she/it is cleaning up
we are cleaning up
you are cleaning up
they are cleaning up
Present perfect
I have cleaned up
you have cleaned up
he/she/it has cleaned up
we have cleaned up
you have cleaned up
they have cleaned up
Present perfect continuous
I have been cleaning up
you have been cleaning up
he/she/it has been cleaning up
we have been cleaning up
you have been cleaning up
they have been cleaning up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I cleaned up
you cleaned up
he/she/it cleaned up
we cleaned up
you cleaned up
they cleaned up
Past continuous
I was cleaning up
you were cleaning up
he/she/it was cleaning up
we were cleaning up
you were cleaning up
they were cleaning up
Past perfect
I had cleaned up
you had cleaned up
he/she/it had cleaned up
we had cleaned up
you had cleaned up
they had cleaned up
Past perfect continuous
I had been cleaning up
you had been cleaning up
he/she/it had been cleaning up
we had been cleaning up
you had been cleaning up
they had been cleaning up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will clean up
you will clean up
he/she/it will clean up
we will clean up
you will clean up
they will clean up
Future continuous
I will be cleaning up
you will be cleaning up
he/she/it will be cleaning up
we will be cleaning up
you will be cleaning up
they will be cleaning up
Future perfect
I will have cleaned up
you will have cleaned up
he/she/it will have cleaned up
we will have cleaned up
you will have cleaned up
they will have cleaned up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been cleaning up
you will have been cleaning up
he/she/it will have been cleaning up
we will have been cleaning up
you will have been cleaning up
they will have been cleaning up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would clean up
you would clean up
he/she/it would clean up
we would clean up
you would clean up
they would clean up
Conditional continuous
I would be cleaning up
you would be cleaning up
he/she/it would be cleaning up
we would be cleaning up
you would be cleaning up
they would be cleaning up
Conditional perfect
I would have clean up
you would have clean up
he/she/it would have clean up
we would have clean up
you would have clean up
they would have clean up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been cleaning up
you would have been cleaning up
he/she/it would have been cleaning up
we would have been cleaning up
you would have been cleaning up
they would have been cleaning up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you clean up
we let´s clean up
you clean up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to clean up
Past participle
cleaned up
Present Participle
cleaning up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLEAN UP

clean
clean bill of health
clean bowled
clean hands
clean out
clean room
clean sheet
clean slate
clean sweep
clean technology
clean up one´s act
clean wool
clean-and-jerk
clean-cut
clean-limbed
clean-living
clean-shaven
clean-tech
cleanability
cleanable

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLEAN UP

brain up
button up
even up
gen up
harden up
join up
keep one´s chin up
man up
open up
run up
sign up
skin up
soften up
straighten up
turn up

Synonyms and antonyms of clean up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «clean up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLEAN UP

Find out the translation of clean up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clean up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clean up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

扫荡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

limpieza
570 millions of speakers

English

clean up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

साफ - सफाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تنظيف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

убирать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

faxina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিষ্কার কর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nettoyage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

bersihkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Säuberung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

浄化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

청소
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngresiki munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm sạch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுத்தம் செய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

साफ करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Temizlemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ripulita
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oczyścić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прибирати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καθαρίσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skoon te maak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

städa upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rydde opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clean up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLEAN UP»

The term «clean up» is very widely used and occupies the 13.413 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLEAN UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «clean up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «clean up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clean up

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10 QUOTES WITH «CLEAN UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word clean up.
1
Buzz Aldrin
We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources looking at just the dirty spots and trying to make them clean. Or we can lift our eyes up and look into the skies and move forward in an evolutionary way.
2
Avi Arad
When you get to know me, I don't despair - I just get up, clean up, and start again.
3
Michael D. Barnes
We're trying to publicize this one and make people realize that the gun industry can clean up its act and can operate in a way that can reduce the likelihood of guns killing police officers and other innocent people.
4
Ed Begley, Jr.
We run around so much - with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I've gotta clean up the oceans. I've gotta save the dolphins. All worthy efforts, but if you're not centered and you don't have the serenity in your life you need to accomplish that task, you're not going to do a very good job.
5
Jello Biafra
I don't think it's too hippie to want to clean up the planet so you don't wind up dying of some kind of cancer when you're 45 years old. It enrages me that these big cancer-research organizations can't be bothered to man the front lines of environmental protest.
6
Derek Blasberg
Temptation is as old as time; or at least, the history of temptation extends as far back as the moment Eve gave Adam that serpent's apple. But what sets the lady apart from the tramp is the ability to acknowledge she needs to clean up her act - and then, of course, the fact that she actually does clean up her act.
7
Tabatha Coffey
I definitely at times notice a difference in service when I go out. You know, I can walk in to grab a cup of coffee or walk in to have lunch or dinner, and people definitely seem on their best behavior, which is funny, or I start to see people clean up around me, which I always find really, really amusing.
8
Richard M. Daley
That area environmentally is a waste. You can't do anything. I don't care if the Sierra Club goes out there. It is fully polluted! You're not only going to work to clean up the environment, but also you will put people to work.
9
Herman Daly
We say we need to clean up the environment; to clean up the environment, we need to be richer. But maybe getting richer is actually making us poorer.
10
Tom DeLonge
So many artists today will talk about green this or organic that, but you know what? What we are eating, I think, is really doing a lot of bad to us. I'm not sure if I'm the guy to do it right now, because I have to clean up my house too, so to speak, but we've got to start addressing this. Too many people are getting sick today.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLEAN UP»

Discover the use of clean up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clean up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Clean Up Man
Kraig Holmes, whose gay affair while in college led him to a life of promiscuity and dangerous sex, finds the man who turned him and is intent on seeking his revenge.
M.T. Pope, 2012
2
Clean-Up Time
Toddlers will look forward to clean-up time with this simple rhyming book that encourages them to chant along as they tidy up.
Elizabeth Verdick, 2008
3
Clean Up!
Barney cleans all kinds of things and sings about cleaning up as he does so.
Scholastic Inc., 2003
4
Clifford's Spring Clean-up
An all-new Clifford adventure finds the big red dog hard at work getting the house clean, or trying to, as he shakes to pieces Emily Elizabeth's rugs and digs up weeds at a vacant lot for Earth Day. Original.
Norman Bridwell, 2009
5
Clean Up, Grumpy Bunny!
Hopper O'Hare hates to clean up after himself, until his friend Lilac shows him that cleaning up can be fun.
Justine Fontes, 2007
6
Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Quest to Clean Up ...
This is the story of how TR took on Manhattan vice . . . and vice won.
Richard Zacks, 2012
7
Mrs. McBloom, Clean Up Your Classroom!
The entire town of Up Yonder joins in to help their favorite teacher clean up her messy classroom.
Kelly S. DiPucchio, 2005
8
Count Down to Clean Up!
Rabbits from one to ten get ready to help clean up.
‎2001
9
Chicken and Cat Clean Up
Chickens makes his friend Cat a partner in his housecleaning business, but, after his business suffers when Cat turns out to be too clumsy to help, Cat unexpectedly saves the day when he apprehends a mouse trying to rob a ladybug on the ...
‎2009
10
Grandma Baba's Big Clean-up!
"Grandma Baba wants her pets to tidy up. But the way they do angers their animal friends and leads to a big mud and water fight. The animals are astonished when Grandma Baba wants to join in"--Jacket flap.
‎2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLEAN UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clean up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kasukuwere vows to clean-up Harare mess
Speaking to ZBC News in Harare yesterday on his new portfolio, Kasukuwere said if the city fathers, especially in Harare, do not clean up the ... «Nehanda Radio, Jul 15»
2
Federal plan to clean up Chesapeake Bay upheld
The federal plan to clean up the Chesapeake Bay survived a court challenge Monday that threatened to delay a 2025 goal for finishing the ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
3
An Award-Winning Dallas Agency That Knows How to Clean Up a …
Professional sports referees don't have a great reputation. So when the National Basketball Referees Association was looking for an image ... «Adweek, Jul 15»
4
Neighbors clean up trees, limbs after strong storms roll through …
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Strong winds from a storm that moved through Lexington late Tuesday afternoon brought down trees, branches and ... «WKYT, Jul 15»
5
Saint John will clean up property near Fallsview Park
Saint John is moving to clean up a dilapidated property at the entrance to one of its major tourist attractions. The two-hectare site at 63-75 ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
6
Volunteers clean up trash left behind on the beach
COCOA BEACH – Sylvana Strawn cannot stand to see trash on the beach. "This is my home, and I like a clean beach," she said. "I clean up ... «Florida Today, Jul 15»
7
Dozens of people help clean up after a tornado
The next day, dozens of people worked to help a Waupaca family clean up after a tornado seriously damaged two of their barns, a garage, and ... «WAOW, Jul 15»
8
Birmingham leaders have an $8.1M plan to clean up vacant homes …
Council members want to clean up the city by ridding the area of vacant homes and properties. Council President Johnathan Austin hopes ... «FOX6 WBRC - MyFoxAL.com, Jul 15»
9
Pac-Man Inspires Engineering Solution to Clean up Space Debris
Sweden's EPFL Center for Space Engineering is launching a new round of satellites, but these ones won't be doing any analyzing or data ... «ENGINEERING.com, Jul 15»
10
Plan to clean up eyesore neighborhood
SAN ANTONIO - Local lawmakers are finally coming up with a plan to clean up Camelot II, a northeast side neighborhood that's long been ... «FOX 29, Jul 15»

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