cleaning

/ˈkliːnɪŋ/

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.