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Noun
S:
(n)
Hoover
,
William Hoover
,
William Henry Hoover
(United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932))
S:
(n)
Hoover
,
J. Edgar Hoover
,
John Edgar Hoover
(United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972))
S:
(n)
Hoover
,
Herbert Hoover
,
Herbert Clark Hoover
,
President Hoover
(31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964))
S:
(n)
Hoover
(a kind of vacuum cleaner)
Verb
S:
(v)
vacuum
,
vacuum-clean
,
hoover
(clean with a vacuum cleaner)
"vacuum the carpets"
direct hypernym
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sister term
S:
(v)
clean
,
make clean
(make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from)
"Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"
S:
(v)
disinfect
(destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing)
"disinfect a wound"
S:
(v)
brush
(clean with a brush)
"She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
S:
(v)
dust
(remove the dust from)
"dust the cabinets"
S:
(v)
vacuum
,
vacuum-clean
,
hoover
(clean with a vacuum cleaner)
"vacuum the carpets"
S:
(v)
sanitize
,
sanitise
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hygienize
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hygienise
(make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing)
S:
(v)
bream
(clean (a ship's bottom) with heat)
S:
(v)
steam
,
steam clean
(clean by means of steaming)
"steam-clean the upholstered sofa"
S:
(v)
preen
,
plume
(clean with one's bill)
"The birds preened"
S:
(v)
sweep
(clean by sweeping)
"Please sweep the floor"
S:
(v)
wash up
,
do the dishes
(wash dishes)
"I cook and my husband washes up after dinner"
S:
(v)
pipe-clay
(whiten or clean with pipe-clay)
"pipe-clay leather"
S:
(v)
scavenge
(clean refuse from)
"Scavenge a street"
S:
(v)
dry clean
(clean with chemical agents)
S:
(v)
wash
,
launder
(cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water)
"Wash the towels, please!"
derivationally related form
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