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CLEAN HOUSE

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

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 "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

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