"preclean" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: precleans [plural]
Etymology: pre- + clean Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|clean}} pre- + clean Head templates: {{en-noun}} preclean (plural precleans)
  1. The act of cleaning something in advance.
    Sense id: en-preclean-en-noun-tpBN-GFI Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 47 53

Verb

Forms: precleans [present, singular, third-person], precleaning [participle, present], precleaned [participle, past], precleaned [past]
Etymology: pre- + clean Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|clean}} pre- + clean Head templates: {{en-verb}} preclean (third-person singular simple present precleans, present participle precleaning, simple past and past participle precleaned)
  1. (transitive) To clean in advance. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-preclean-en-verb-tI5V9FTE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 47 53

Inflected forms

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