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v. Present participle of clean.

n. A situation in which something is cleaned

n. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

n. The act of making clean.

n. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

n. The act of making clean.

n. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

n. In forestry, a thinning made in a stand which has not reached the small-pole stage. Its main object is to remove trees of undesirable form and species. See thinning.

n. the act of making something clean

"= Two agents are necessary to the proper cleaning of leather, -- a _cleaning agent_ and an _oiling agent_."

improvement   

sanitation    sweeping    sterilisation    disinfestation    purification    purging    sanitization    scrub    sterilization    bathing   

cleansing    mundatory    purgative    purificatory    wash    washing    detersive    depurative    detergent    scouring   

clean   

careening    convening    demeaning    greening    intervening    leaning    machining    meaning    preening    screening