nnoun.act(figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditionsDomain Usage:figurefigure of speechimagetrope
Examples:- more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms
- many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners
Hypernyms:reform
Inherited Hypernyms:housecleaningreformimprovementchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a houseExamples:- efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time
Derivationally Related Form:houseclean
Hypernyms:cleaning cleansing cleanup
Inherited Hypernyms:housecleaningcleaningimprovementchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.contactclean and tidy up the houseSynset:clean clean house houseclean
Examples:- She housecleans every week
Derivationally Related Form:cleanercleaninghousecleaning
Hypernyms:clean up neaten square away straighten straighten out tidy tidy up
Inherited Hypernyms:housecleantidyorderarrangeputmove
Direct Hyponyms:G.I.GIspring-clean
Full Troponyms:gspring-clean
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s