cleaning

To remove dirt from a place or object.

“Can you clean the windows today?”

To tidy up, make a place neat.

“Clean your room right now!”

To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.

To make things clean in general.

“She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.”

To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).

To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.

To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.

To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.

(gerund of clean) The process of making something clean.

The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.