HOUSECLEAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Clean and tidy up the house

Example:

She housecleans every week

Synonyms:

clean; clean house; houseclean

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "houseclean" is one way to...):

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 "houseclean"):

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

Derivation:

housecleaning (the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house)