cleansing
pronunciation
How to pronounce cleansing in British English:
UK ['klenzɪŋ]
How to pronounce cleansing in American English:
US ['klenzɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the act of making something clean
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- Adjective:
- cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands
- acting like an antiseptic
Word Origin
- cleansing (n.)
- Old English clænsunge "cleansing, purifying, castigation; chastity, purity," verbal noun from the root of cleanse. As a present participle adjective, attested from c. 1300.
Example
- 1. The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience .
- 2. Then he ordered up an elaborate cleansing ritual to relaunch the firm of goldman sachs .
- 3. The prospectus talks of redeveloping the decaying port area , and of at last cleansing guanabara bay of sewage and industrial pollution .
- 4. He particularly cautions against beginning a diet with a fast or cleansing day , which appears to trigger significant alterations in the immune system that work against weight loss .
- 5. Most of it will be supplied , belatedly , by the market itself-especially if it is bathed in the cleansing sunlight of transparency .