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CLEAN OUT

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Empty completely

Example:

We cleaned out all the drawers

Synonyms:

clean out; clear out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "clean out" is one way to...):

empty (make void or empty of contents)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clean out"):

clinker (clear out the cinders and clinker from)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deprive completely of money or goods

Example:

The robbers cleaned us out in a couple of hours

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "clean out" is one way to...):

deprive; divest; strip (take away possessions from someone)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Force out

Example:

The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "clean out" is one way to...):

can; dismiss; displace; fire; force out; give notice; give the axe; give the sack; sack; send away; terminate (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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