Synonyms for cleaning
clean·ing

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1. cleaning, cleansing, cleanupnoun

   the act of making something clean

   "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"

   Synonyms:
   cleanup position, cleanup spot, killing, cleansing, cleanup

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1. List of paraphrases for "cleaning":

   clean-up, cleansing, cleanup, clean, cleanliness, clearance, clearing, washing, cleaner, cleaners, purification, wash, household

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1. Bruce McLaren:

   I was cleaning the floors. That was my first job. Which was fine. They gave me a proper job after that, there weren't many people but we got through a lot of work. Everybody just mucked in. I'd get handed a drawing or something and be told to go and make that.

2. Michael Wadleigh:

   We talked ahead of time about' The Canterbury Tales.' We tried to get profiles of people - the nude bathing, the couple on the road, the guy who was cleaning the toilets. He had such pride in what he was doing.

3. Gerald Ford:

   We have come tardily to the tremendous task of cleaning up our environment. We should have moved with similar zeal at least a decade ago. But no purpose is served by post-mortems. With visionary zeal but the greatest realism, we must now address ourselves to the vast problems that confront us.

4. Ellsworth Police Lieutenant Harold Page:

   I suspect someone was just cleaning out their house and tossed this book without knowing it had a gun inside.

5. Jackie Morales:

   Shreve Memorial Library in Louisiana posted on Facebook.The man was cleaning his parents' home when he found the book and decided to return it. He said it was what his mother would have done, the library's assistant manager Jackie Morales said.Read More.