cleaning

Verb

Present participle of clean.

Noun

(plural cleanings)

(gerund of clean) A situation in which something is cleaned
The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

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Carmen started cleaning up the table.
Are the goats cleaning it up pretty good?
The strap must have caught on something while she was cleaning, because it was loose.
When the meal was over, I sought him out in the main room while the other crowded around the kitchen cleaning up.
She was cleaning the oven when the phone rang.

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