HOUSECLEAN

houseclean, clean house, clean

(verb) clean and tidy up the house; “She housecleans every week”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

houseclean (third-person singular simple present housecleans, present participle housecleaning, simple past and past participle housecleaned)

(intransitive) To clean the interior and furnishings of a residence.

(intransitive) To make major reforms; to clean house.

(transitive) To clean the interior and residential furnishings of.

(transitive) To rid of undesirable personnel and procedures.

Usage notes

• The intransitive sense of reform is much more commonly expressed as "clean house".

Anagrams

• clean house

Source: Wiktionary



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