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Definition of Houseclean
1. Verb. Clean and tidy up the house. "She housecleans every week"
Generic synonyms: Clean Up, Neaten, Square Away, Straighten, Straighten Out, Tidy, Tidy Up
Related verbs: Clean, Clean, Make Clean
Specialized synonyms: G.i., Gi, Spring-clean
Derivative terms: Cleaner, Cleaning, Housecleaning
Definition of Houseclean
1. Verb. (intransitive) To clean the interior and furnishings of a residence. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To make major reforms; to clean house. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To clean the interior and residential furnishings of. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To rid of undesirable personnel and procedures. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Houseclean
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Houseclean
Literary usage of Houseclean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Woful History of the Unfortunate Eudoxia: First Consort of the Czar by Carl Theodor von Unlanski, John Kortz, K. F. W. Fleischer (1816)
"CINCINNATI'S MOST IMPORTANT LANDMARK TO BE GIVEN FIRST ANNUAL houseclean- INC BY
FIFTY YOUNG CITIZENS. Fifty members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, ..."
2. How to Syndicate Manuscripts: In the Day's Work and Play of the Women and by Felix John Koch (1922)
"CINCINNATI'S MOST IMPORTANT LANDMARK TO BE GIVEN FIRST ANNUAL houseclean- ING BY
FIFTY YOUNG CITIZENS. Fifty members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1908)
"Another summer "wrinkle" is houseclean- ing. Stock during July and August is apt
to be at its lowest, transient trade will be slow, and the assistants will ..."
4. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1893)
"... though he wa* employed for several years, two days and more each week, at jobs
of houseclean- ing and the like, and in otherwise assisting the regular ..."
5. A Text-book of Pathology by William George MacCallum (1916)
"... of all injured organs, and throughout life is the constantly active method of
houseclean- ing which keeps the machinery in order. Death. ..."
6. The New City Government: A Discussion of Municipal Administration Based on a by Henry Jaromir Bruère, William Sheperdson (1913)
""City houseclean- ing" days are a right step in this direction. Most of the cities
studied are not yet free from the troublesome privy vault which requires ..."
7. Peace in Friendship Village by Zona Gale (1919)
"I'd been down there often enough to see my washwoman, or dicker for a load of
wood, or buy new garden truck, or get somebody to houseclean, but I didn't ..."
8. The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart (2001)
"... set to work to houseclean her heart. She found very little to do. She was numb
and totally without feeling. The little painful constriction in her chest ..."
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