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The cleaning of an animal, an object, a place, etc.
An act of cleaning or cleaning up (see clean, v. 6).
An act of cleaning: chiefly in combination, as clean-up, n., clean-out, etc.
An act of sprucing up; an instance of refurbishment or renovation; a clean-up or tidy-up. Also figurative.