CLEAN HOUSE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does clean house mean? 

• CLEAN HOUSE (verb)
  The verb CLEAN HOUSE has 1 sense:

1. clean and tidy up the house

  Familiarity information: CLEAN HOUSE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLEAN HOUSE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clean and tidy up the house

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

clean; clean house; houseclean

Context example:

She housecleans every week

Hypernyms (to "clean house" is one way to...):

clean up; neaten; square away; straighten; straighten out; tidy; tidy up (put (things or places) in order)

Verb group:

clean (remove while making clean)

clean; make clean (make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clean house"):

G.I.; GI (clean in preparation for inspection)

spring-clean (thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s