Meanings
verbvacuum-clean (third-person singular simple present vacuum-cleans, present participle vacuum-cleaning, simple past and past participle vacuum-cleaned)
present singular third person vacuum-cleans · participle present vacuum-cleaning · participle past vacuum-cleaned · past vacuum-cleaned
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Back-formation from vacuum cleaner.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech vysát
- vysátto clean with a vacuum cleaner
Dutch stofzuigen
- stofzuigento clean with a vacuum cleaner
Finnish imuroida
- imuroidato clean with a vacuum cleaner
French passer l'aspirateur
- passer l'aspirateurto clean with a vacuum cleaner
Hungarian porszívózik
- porszívózikto clean with a vacuum cleaner
Icelandic ryksuga
- ryksugato clean with a vacuum cleaner
Polish odkurzać, odkurzyć
- odkurzaćto clean with a vacuum cleaner
- odkurzyćto clean with a vacuum cleaner
Russian пылесо́сить
- пылесо́сить (pylesósitʹ)to clean with a vacuum cleaner
Spanish pasar la aspiradora, aspirar
- pasar la aspiradorato clean with a vacuum cleaner
- aspirarto clean with a vacuum cleaner
Swedish dammsuga
- dammsugato clean with a vacuum cleaner
Cite this entry
APA
vacuum-clean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacuum-clean
MLA
“vacuum-clean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacuum-clean. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vacuum-clean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacuum-clean.
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