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CLEANUP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of making something clean
Example:
he gave his shoes a good cleaning
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cleanup" is a kind of...):
improvement (the act of improving something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cleanup"):
disinfestation (the activity of getting rid of vermin)
spring-cleaning (the activity of cleaning a house thoroughly at the end of winter)
scouring; scrub; scrubbing (the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water)
dry cleaning (the act of cleaning (fabrics) with a solvent other than water)
sweeping (the act of cleaning with a broom)
purge; purging (an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements)
purification (the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities)
sterilisation; sterilization (the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means))
sanitation; sanitisation; sanitization (making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing)
depilation; epilation (the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin))
bathing; washup (the act of washing yourself (or another person))
housecleaning (the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house)
Derivation:
clean up (make oneself clean, presentable or neat)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team)
Synonyms:
cleanup; cleanup position; cleanup spot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cleanup" is a kind of...):
position ((in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Holonyms ("cleanup" is a part of...):
batting order; card; lineup ((baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A very large profit
Synonyms:
cleanup; killing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("cleanup" is a kind of...):
earnings; lucre; net; net income; net profit; profit; profits (the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses))
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Derivation:
clean up (make a big profit; often in a short period of time)
