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In my home state of Delaware, we've done our homework and worked hard and, as a result, we've made great strides in cleaning up our own air pollution. Unfortunately, a number of the upwind states to the west of us have not made the same commitment to reducing harmful pollution by investing in cleaner air.
Tom Carper

Meaning of "cleaning" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLEANING

cleaning  [ˈkliːnɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLEANING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cleaning is 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.

WHAT DOES CLEANING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cleaning

Cleaning may refer to: ▪ Cleaning a house or housekeeping ▪ Washing ▪ work done by a cleaner, or some of the work done by a housekeeper, maid, or other domestic worker, or by a janitor ▪ Teeth cleaning ▪ Cleaning Release of select saplings from competition by overtopping trees of a comparable age as a silvicultural tending technique. ▪ Dry cleaning ▪ Data cleaning or data cleansing Types of cleaning ▪ Acoustic cleaning ▪ Carpet cleaning ▪ Commercial cleaning ▪ Exterior cleaning ▪ Flame cleaning ▪ Floor cleaning ▪ Green cleaning ▪ Infrared cleaning ▪ Jewellery cleaning ▪ Parts cleaning ▪ Plasma cleaning ▪ Roof cleaning ▪ Silo cleaning ▪ Spring cleaning ▪ Sputter cleaning ▪ Steam cleaning ▪ Terminal cleaning ▪ Tube cleaning ▪ Ultrasonic cleaning and megasonic cleaning ▪ Wet cleaning...

Definition of cleaning in the English dictionary

The definition of cleaning in the dictionary is the act of removing dirt or something undesirable. Other definition of cleaning is the job or activity of keeping a place clean.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLEANING


convening
kənˈviːnɪŋ
demeaning
dɪˈmiːnɪŋ
dry-cleaning
ˌdraɪˈkliːnɪŋ
greening
ˈɡriːnɪŋ
house-cleaning
ˈhaʊsˌkliːnɪŋ
intervening
ˌɪntəˈviːnɪŋ
leaning
ˈliːnɪŋ
learning
ˈlɜːnɪŋ
meaning
ˈmiːnɪŋ
morning
ˈmɔːnɪŋ
overweening
ˌəʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ
postweaning
ˌpəʊstˈwiːnɪŋ
preweaning
priːˈwiːnɪŋ
screening
ˈskriːnɪŋ
spring-cleaning
ˌsprɪŋˈkliːnɪŋ
sunscreening
ˈsʌnˌskriːnɪŋ
undermeaning
ˈʌndəˌmiːnɪŋ
unmeaning
ʌnˈmiːnɪŋ
weaning
ˈwiːnɪŋ
window-cleaning
ˈwɪndəʊˌkliːnɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLEANING

clean-and-jerk
clean-cut
clean-limbed
clean-living
clean-shaven
clean-tech
cleanability
cleanable
cleaner
cleanhanded
cleaning fluid
cleaning lady
cleaning product
cleaning woman
cleanlier
cleanliest
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
cleanly
cleanness

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLEANING

aquaplaning
beginning
caning
cognitive meaning
dermaplaning
evening
grammatical meaning
groaning
lexical meaning
listening
loaning
moaning
sailplaning
self-cleaning
ultrasonic cleaning
unwaning
vacuum cleaning
waning
well-meaning
window cleaning

Synonyms and antonyms of cleaning in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CLEANING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cleaning» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of cleaning

Translation of «cleaning» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLEANING

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

Translator English - Chinese

清洁处理
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

limpieza
570 millions of speakers

English

cleaning
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सफाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تَنْظِيف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

уборка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

limpeza
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিস্কার করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nettoyage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembersihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reinigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

掃除
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

청소
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cleaning
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự quét dọn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுத்தம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वच्छता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

temizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pulizia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czyszczenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чищення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curățenie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καθαρισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skoonmaak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

städning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rengjøring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cleaning

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLEANING»

The term «cleaning» is very widely used and occupies the 3.685 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLEANING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cleaning» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cleaning» 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 cleaning

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10 QUOTES WITH «CLEANING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cleaning.
1
Marina Abramovic
We are used to cleaning the outside house, but the most important house to clean is yourself - your own house - which we never do.
2
Steve Albini
Cooking is about presenting flavors and other aspects of food in a way that makes best use of them and makes an engaging, satisfying meal. Taste necessarily comes into it along with technique. Some ingredients require cooking, cleaning or otherwise denaturing them, some are fine as they are.
3
Eric Alterman
Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady.
4
Stephen Ambrose
Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants.
5
Roseanne Barr
The day I worry about cleaning my house is the day Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner.
6
Roberto Benigni
When we talk to somebody and we want to be nice or polite or show our more beautiful side, we try to use the best words that we know. This is what poets are doing. They are cleaning the words, they are inventing the sentiments, they are giving us a way to communicate.
7
Marcus Buckingham
We dream of having a clean house - but who dreams of actually doing the cleaning? We don't have to dream about doing the work, because doing the work is always within our grasp; the dream, in this sense, is to attain the goal without the work.
8
Gisele Bundchen
I'm not a potato sack; I've never sat on my couch. If I'm home, I'm cleaning, feeding my dogs, doing stuff. Life is too precious to waste time.
9
Tom Carper
In my home state of Delaware, we've done our homework and worked hard and, as a result, we've made great strides in cleaning up our own air pollution. Unfortunately, a number of the upwind states to the west of us have not made the same commitment to reducing harmful pollution by investing in cleaner air.
10
Jim Carter
I'm not a natural employer. I live very privately, and we like our privacy at home. To be sitting and talking with your wife or your family and to have somebody walking around and you're ignoring them, I couldn't handle that at all. I can barely handle a cleaning lady coming in every so often.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLEANING»

Discover the use of cleaning in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cleaning and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Speed Cleaning
Clean your entire house in 42 minutes with the Clean Team's unbeatable system that makes every move count. NOTE: This edition does not include illustrations.
Jeff Campbell, 2012
2
Heat Exchanger Fouling: Mitigation and Cleaning Techniques
Written by experts in the field, this book is a reliable advisor for engineers, managers, technicians and students.
Hans Müller-Steinhagen, 2000
3
Cleaning
Looks at all kinds of household cleaning jobs, including cleaners for every occasion, special cleaning problems, and controlling household pests
Time-Life Books, 1997
4
Haley's Cleaning Hints
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA
Graham Haley, Rosemary Haley, 2004
5
Cleaning-in-Place: Dairy, Food and Beverage Operations
This is the third edition of the Society of Dairy Technology's highly successful volume on Cleaning-in-Place (CIP).
A. Y. Tamime, 2009
6
Joey Green's Cleaning Magic
Explores the alternative uses for household products, including polishing chrome faucets with bounce, cleaning a curling iron with nail polish remover, and using a Bounty paper towel for a coffee filter.
Joey Green
7
Management of Industrial Cleaning Technology and Processes
This book will help cleaning operatives, designers of equipment, metal finishers, industrial chemists and decontaminators understand the value and demands required within the industrial cleaning process and an environment of continuing ...
John Durkee, 2006
8
Industrial Cleaning Technology
"Industrial cleaning applications include: Municipal drains and sewers, road tanker and container depots, chemical and petrochemical plants, offshore oil/gas platforms, paper mills, paint and similar manufacturing processes, IBC and drum ...
Joe Harrington, 2001
9
Blast Cleaning Technology
This book systematically and critically reviews the theory behind the technology, the state of current blast cleaning, surface quality aspects and the effects of blast cleaning on the performance of applied coatings.
A. Momber, 2007
10
Best Practices in Data Cleaning: A Complete Guide to ...
This book provides a clear, accessible, step-by-step process of important best practices in preparing for data collection, testing assumptions, and examining and cleaning data in order to decrease error rates and increase both the power and ...
Jason W. Osborne, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLEANING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cleaning is used in the context of the following news items.
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Home cleaning tips for pet owners
Vinegar and baking soda spray: Vinegar is nature`s miracle cleaning agent. It can remove almost every type of stain from any surface. Baking ... «Zee News, Jul 15»
2
Simple cleaning techniques that never go wrong
This is because the harsh rays of the sun can cause the cleaning liquid to make streaks across the glass , just the thing you don't want. «Times of India, Jul 15»
3
Apple is cleaning up retail store shelves with consistent accessory …
One of the reasons Apple is so successful in the mobile space is its retail presence and the customer service provided at these locations. «ZDNet, Jul 15»
4
Las Cruces library to close for cleaning in August
LAS CRUCES >> Thomas Branigan Memorial Library will close from Aug 10 to 14 for cleaning, according to a city of Las Cruces news release. «Las Cruces Sun-News, Jul 15»
5
Bill Murray helps cleaning crew after Grateful Dead show
Bill Murray was the last fan standing at the Grateful Dead's final show of their “Fare Thee Well” concert series. About 70,000 Deadheads ... «Page Six, Jul 15»
6
Video shows govt schoolkids cleaning premises | Meerut NYOOOZ
When the person making the video asks the kids why were they cleaning the school premises, one of the student says, "Sirji ne kaha hai ki safai ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
7
Cleanevent staff lost $400m under deal by Bill Shorten's AWU
The royal commission into union corruption has been contacting key executives connected to controversial cleaning company Cleanevent to ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
8
Crews cleaning up after storm sweeps through Albuquerque
Workers at the South Valley Tire Shop have been cleaning up their shop all morning Tuesday after the rain brought in a sea of mud there. «KRQE News 13, Jul 15»
9
Dozens pack meeting at LSU on proposed River Road barge …
About 100 local residents spent Tuesday evening at an LSU auditorium learning more about a new barge cleaning facility proposed to be ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
10
Global Cleaning Robots Market Size, Share, Growth and Trend To …
WinterGreen Research announces that it has published a new study Cleaning Robots Market, Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, ... «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»

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