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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
