dry-cleans

verb

present tense third-person singular of dry-clean
as in wipes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dry-cleans
  1. sweeps
  2. brushes
  3. dusts
  4. scrubs
  5. turns out
  6. vacuums
  7. rinses
  8. cleans
Verb
  • Trump revisits 10-year warning to Macron as unrest sweeps France.
    — , FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The panel comes from the Genesis Runner, passed through the asymmetric spirit of the Daze Runner, so the paneling sweeps across the upper and tilts.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of sweeps
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  • After changing into his stage costume, V brushes his teeth and catches RM doing elaborate frog-pose stretches to limber up for the high-energy performance.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026
  • There is humiliation here, claustrophobia, physical vulnerability and an intimacy that occasionally brushes against the erotic.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of brushes
Verb
  • Winter is also a wonderful surprise, when soft snow blankets valley trails and dusts the mountaintops.
    — Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026
  • Snow sometimes dusts the surrounding slopes, melting by afternoon into damp earth as manzanita and mountain lilac begin to flower.
    — Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of dusts
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  • The Cece Hand Wash effectively scrubs away dead skin cells, dirt, and grime with a clean, hydrating, antioxidant-rich formula featuring rosella extract and argan oil.
    — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 16 June 2026
  • Prime lips for a perfectly smooth, even application using the 3-in-1 Lip Scrub pen, which gently scrubs away dead skin with super-fine sugar granules and keeps lips hydrated with nourishing shea butter and algae.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 May 2026
Definition of scrubs
Verb
  • This turns out to be why Mac was taken in the first place, as well as why the Dowager Governess is willing to rip the world open in order to be reunited with her own child.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Who knows how different that postseason turns out without that combination?
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of turns out
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  • These monstrous masses are themselves dark, but their formidable gravity violently vacuums up gas and other nearby matter, generating rings of hot, swirling detritus that completely outshine the stars around them.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Undersides of Furniture While virtually everyone vacuums around and under furniture, the underside rarely gets tended to.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 27 July 2026
Definition of vacuums
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  • Because the pigment sits inside the skin instead of on top of it, this isn’t the same as a swipe of freckle pen that rinses off at night.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Plus, its self-cleaning function rinses the brushroll after each use and dumps the debris into the dirt tank.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026
Definition of rinses
Verb
  • Towel stripping deeply cleans dingy towels, restoring softness and brightness.
    — Anyssa Roberts, The Spruce, 28 Oct. 2026
  • An appliance that cleans dirty clothes in just an hour is a modern marvel—one our ancestors might envy more than anything else.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of cleans
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