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Definition of Clean house
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 Clean house
1. Verb. (intransitive) To clean the interior of a house. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) To reform by removing undesirable personnel and procedures. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clean House
Literary usage of Clean house
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tuberculosis: Its Cause, Cure and Prevention by Edward Osgood Otis (1918)
"... A clean house and Dust Live in a clean house accessible to the entrance of
air and light, preferably in the suburbs. Twice a year the house should be ..."
2. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources by James Wood (1899)
"... hou-e clean, house in ¡t neither woman, priest, nor pigeon. /'V. Гг. Qui veut
voyager loin ménage sa monture—He who has far to ride spares his horse. ..."
3. The Montessori method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in by Maria Montessori (1912)
"Dirty furniture cannot be tolerated in a clean house, and those persons living
in a permanently clean house will come to desire personal cleanliness. ..."
4. Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt-book: Designed as a Supplement to Her by Catharine Esther Beecher (1871)
"When you clean house, begin with the highest rooms first, so that clean rooms be
... clean house in the fall instead of spring, and you get rid of all the ..."
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