nnoun.actthe act of making something cleanSynset:cleaning cleanup
Examples:- he gave his shoes a good cleaning
Derivationally Related Form:clean upcleancleanse
Hypernyms:improvement
Inherited Hypernyms:cleaningimprovementchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bathingdepilationdisinfestationdry cleaningepilationhousecleaningpurgepurgingpurificationsanitationsanitisationsanitizationscouringscrubscrubbingspring-cleaningsterilisationsterilizationsweepingwashup
Full Hyponyms:bathbubble bathcatharsisdepilationdisinfestationdry cleaningelectrolysishousecleaningmikvahmud bathpasteurizationpurgepurificationsanitationscrubshaveshowersponge bathspring-cleaningsterilizationswabbingsweepingtonsureturkish bathwashup
vverb.bodyclean one's body or parts thereof, as by washingSynset:clean cleanse
Examples:- clean up before you see your grandparents
- clean your fingernails before dinner
Derivationally Related Form:cleaningcleansercleansing
Hypernyms:groom neaten
Inherited Hypernyms:cleansegroomfancifybetterchange
Direct Hyponyms:bathedecontaminatedoucheflosslatherlavesoapwash
Full Troponyms:batheconditiondecontaminatedoucheflossfomentgarglehushscrubshampooshowersoapsponge downwash
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s | They --- themselves (apply to: clean, cleanse)
vverb.changepurge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sinsExamples:- Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins
Hypernyms:disembarrass free rid
Inherited Hypernyms:cleanserid
Direct Hyponyms:denazify
Full Troponyms:denazify
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
adj satadj.allcleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. handsSynset:ablutionary
Antonyms:adulterating
Derivationally Related Form:ablution
Inherited Hypernyms:ablutionary
Similar to:purifying
adj satadj.allacting like an antisepticSynset:purifying
Antonyms:septic
Inherited Hypernyms:cleansing
Similar to:antiseptic