Her mother was always busy with the cleaning and dusting.
Examples of 'cleaning' in a sentence
cleaning
Councils in England spend over 700million a year on street cleaning and the scheme could cut the bills by millions.
The Sun (2016)
I wrote:'Great condition but needs dry cleaning before wearing to get rid of the stench of betrayal.
The Sun (2016)
This could give new meaning to the concept of dry cleaning.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Watch this before you do your spring cleaning.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Your cleaning job only opened up a gap for more stuff to settle.
Christianity Today (2000)
My mother would spend six to eight hours a day cooking and cleaning.
The Sun (2012)
They will also get new dry cleaning facilities and fridges to store their food.
The Sun (2011)
No wonder all that spring cleaning has left you hungry!
The Sun (2016)
This mobile pressure washer will enable you to effortlessly solve tough outdoor cleaning jobs.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Lots of people prefer cleaning or cooking jobs.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
cleaning
British English: cleaning /ˈkliːnɪŋ/ NOUN
Cleaning is the action of making something clean.
I do the cleaning myself.
American English: cleaning
Arabic: تَنْظِيف
Brazilian Portuguese: limpeza
Chinese: 清洁处理
Croatian: čišćenje
Czech: úklid
Danish: rengøring
Dutch: schoonmaakbeurt
European Spanish: limpieza
Finnish: siivous
French: nettoyage
German: Reinigen
Greek: καθαρισμός
Italian: pulizia
Japanese: 掃除
Korean: 청소
Norwegian: rengjøring
Polish: czyszczenie
European Portuguese: limpeza
Romanian: curățenie
Russian: уборка
Latin American Spanish: limpieza
Swedish: städning
Thai: การทำความสะอาด
Turkish: temizleme
Ukrainian: чищення
Vietnamese: sự quét dọn
All related terms of 'cleaning'
clean
Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
swachh
clean
cleaning lady
A cleaning lady is the same as a → cleaner [sense 1 ] .
dry-cleaning
Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes .
self-cleaning
(of an oven , filter , etc) having a mechanism to clean itself
cleaning fluid
a solvent or other solution for removing stains or cleaning particular objects
cleaning woman
A cleaning woman is the same as a → cleaner [sense 1 ] .
house-cleaning
the act of cleaning the inside of a person's house
spring-cleaning
a thorough cleaning of the interior of a house, etc. as conventionally done in the spring
window cleaning
the task of washing and shining windows
cleaning product
a detergent or other household cleaner
ultrasonic cleaning
the use of ultrasound to vibrate a piece to be cleaned while the piece is immersed in a cleaning fluid . The process produces a very high degree of cleanliness, and is used for jewellery and ornately shaped items
clean up
If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
clean out
If you clean out something such as a cupboard , room , or container , you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
dry-clean
When things such as clothes are dry-cleaned , they are cleaned with a liquid chemical rather than with water.
dry-cleaner's
to clean (clothing, fabrics, etc) with a solvent other than water, such as trichloroethylene
house-clean
to clean the inside of a person's house
spring-clean
When you spring-clean a house, you thoroughly clean everything in it.
clean a room
If you clean a room , you make the inside of it and the furniture in it free from dirt and dust .
clean up after
If you clean up after someone, you clean or tidy a place that they have made dirty or untidy .
vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner or a vacuum is an electric machine which sucks up dust and dirt from carpets.
Chinese translation of 'cleaning'
cleaning
(ˈkliːnɪŋ)
n(u)
[of house etc]扫(掃)除 (sǎochú)
to do the cleaning做扫(掃)除 (zuò sǎochú)
Seecleaner
All related terms of 'cleaning'
clean
( place, surface, clothes etc ) 干(乾)净(淨)的 gānjìng de ( water ) 清洁(潔)的 qīngjié de