cleanup Definition
clean·up (klēn′up′)
noun
- the act of cleaning up
- ☆ elimination of crime, vice, graft, etc.
- ☆ Slang profit; gain
adjective
Baseball designating the fourth batter in a team's lineup: so positioned because regarded as most likely to drive in runners on base
cleanup Usage Examples
Converse of object
- perform: This trend will allow many souls to see clearly and perform some serious cleanup in the near future.
- require: This will require a mass cleanup of the city.
- do: The landing gear is somewhat complex and you'll likely need to do some cleanup on the struts.
- need: The club needed a cleanup following a car fire outside the club.
- make: Surely there must be some kind of joined up thinking in order to make cleanup a success?
Adjective modifier
- proper: The last lines in the program move through and delete every object in the container so proper cleanup occurs.
- environmental: Thus began the environmental cleanup of the river, which continues to this day.
- various: VIA speed change fixes: various changes to make the VIA driver really work on speed changes, and various other cleanups.
- other: VIA speed change fixes: various changes to make the VIA driver really work on speed changes, and various other cleanups.
- good: A good cleanup & paint is all its gonna need... .
Modifies a noun
- crew: These are cells that act as the ' cleanup crew ' for the central nervous system and retina.
- operation: Part Three looks at a tool to automate the cleanup operations.
- code: It is especially useful for cleanup code where this would be skipped in the ' try ' box following an exception being thrown.
- effort: Now, analysis reveals that cleanup efforts have accomplished very little.
- function: Each cleanup function will be called at most once.
- campaign: They have also assisted with a sports day, fundraising and a cleanup campaign around the village.
Noun used with modifier
- disk: Also added to this issue is disk cleanup which may delete the entire recycle bin contents if chosen.
- code: With the better integration comes protocol and code cleanups, allowing the Samba team to track the evolving NT implementation.
- spill: Maxfield said she anticipates staffers will be flown to the island during the coming weeks to continue the oil spill cleanup.
- beach: Irish Independent Volunteers wanted for beach cleanup Pick up a rubbish bag - your beach needs you.
Browse dictionary entries near cleanup
- ‹ cleanshaven
- ‹ cleanser
- ‹ cleanse
- ‹ cleanly
- ‹ cleanliness
- ‹ cleanlimbed
- ‹ cleaning
- ‹ cleanhanded
- ‹ cleaner
- ‹ clean-vehicle tax deduction

