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CLEAN HOUSE
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
She housecleans every week
Synonyms:
clean; clean house; houseclean
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "clean house" is one way to...):
clean up; neaten; square away; straighten; straighten out; tidy; tidy up (put (things or places) in order)
Verb group:
clean (remove while making clean)
clean; make clean (make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clean house"):
G.I.; GI (clean in preparation for inspection)
spring-clean (thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s