Spring-clean (Verb)
Meaning
Thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year; "she started spring-cleaning on April 1".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- My grandmother spent her weekends in March to thoroughly spring-clean every room in her old mansion.
- This week, my mom has started to spring-clean our home, getting rid of all the old stuff she no longer needs.
- Since our house was a mess, we all chipped in last weekend to spring-clean and throw away everything unnecessary.
- Instead of decorating for Easter, the family decided to use that weekend to spring-clean their attic and basement for the first time in 10 years.
- Her mother made it a point to spring-clean her entire home and backyard just before every winter ended.