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▪ I. cleaning, vbl. n.|ˈkliːnɪŋ|
[f. clean v. + -ing1.]
1. a. The action of the vb. clean; freeing from dirt or filth, purifying, cleansing.
1662Gerbier Princ. Introd. 8 The Cleaning of the Streets. 1697W. Dampier Voy (1698) I. xiii. 363 These Worms breed..in the Sea..which was the reason of our cleaning so often while we were there. 1843Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 195 This house gets no periodic cleanings like other people's. Mod. It was their Spring cleaning, that complete overhauling which every well-ordered house gets once a year.
b. with adv., as cleaning up.
18..J. Lawrence Silverland 176 (Hoppe) The cleaning up..consists in removing the pavement and blocks from the bed of the sluice, gathering the precious compost, and replacing or renewing the blocks or stones of the pavement. 1883Stevenson Silverado Sq. (1886) 16 The pasture would bear a little further cleaning up.
c. Forestry. The cutting of trees or undergrowth which have a deleterious effect upon the principal trees in a stand.
1891W. Schlich Man. Forestry II. iii. 196 The cleaning of a young wood has for its object to remove in good time all growth which interferes with the proper development of the principal species or individuals. Ibid. 197 It is often desirable to make several cleanings. 1953H. L. Edlin Forester's Handbk. xii. 179 One main objective in cleaning is the removal of ‘tree weeds’, shrubs or bushes that threaten the welfare of the desired crop.
2. concr. in pl. Cf. sweepings.
1855Kingsley Westw. Ho! (1861) 354 Just keep in our wake, and we'll give you the cleanings for wages.
3. = cleansing vbl. n. 2 b.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 37 The cleaning applied helps ulcers in the face. Ibid. 71 The cleaning is eaten by them presently after bringing forth. a1722in Lisle Husb. (E.D.S.), Cleaning, the placenta of a cow. 1876in Whitby Gloss. 1879in Shropshire Word-bk.
4. attrib. and Comb., as cleaning-machine, cleaning-mill, cleaning-shed, cleaning-sieve.
c1475Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 808 Hoc colatorium, a clenyngsefe. 1874Knight Dict. Mech., Cleaning-machine, a machine in which silk thread is..drawn through a brush in order to detach any particles of dust or dirt therefrom. 1884Daily News 4 Sept. 3/2 A serious accident..at the cleaning sheds on the Carr.
Add:[1.] d. Weight-lifting. The action or technique of lifting a bar-bell from the floor to shoulder height.
1949Brit. Amateur Weight-Lifter Apr. 18/1 Improving ‘Cleaning’ ability. 1950J. Halliday Olympic Weight-Lifting i. 22 Most lifters using this method of cleaning..are comparatively poor jerkers. 1986Weight Lifting (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) (ed. 2) 27/3 These are exercises..for the development of power and technique such as all pulling movements, power cleaning and power snatch, [etc.].
▪ II. cleaning, ppl. a.
That cleans, in various senses of the verb; cleaning crop, a crop serving to clear land in cultivation from weeds.
1900T. Shaw Soiling Crops iii. 38 Sorghum..may be placed..between two grain crops, as then it can be grown as a cleaning crop. 1921Discovery Feb. 48/2 The farmer..tries periodically and systematically to rid his fields of [weeds], and takes what he calls a cleaning crop. 1948T. Wilder Ides of March ii. xxxvi. 105 At last a cleaning woman came in to wash the floor. 1955L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman xxiv. 209 Harold went betimes to his office, because he wanted to be there before his cleaning woman or his secretary. 1960Encounter XIV. iii. 80 Half-senile cleaning-ladies. 1969Times 20 Feb. 17/5 Some 100,000 gallons of the cleaning fluid..were buried in a gold mine. 1970Sat. Rev. 21 Mar. 63/1, I met no blacks on a personal basis, other than our cleaning lady. |