verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To carry out spring-cleaning on (a room, a house, etc). transitive

   "The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home."

2. 2
   thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year wordnet
3. 3
   To engage in spring-cleaning. intransitive

Example

More examples

"The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home."

Etymology

Back-formation from spring-cleaning.

Related phrases

spring-cleaner

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