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to clean the pool

to clean the pool

5 1.0
To remove dirt and leaves from a swimming pool
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : limpiar la piscina
  • After the storm, we need to clean the pool to remove all the debris that has collected.
  • go out and clean the pool

Examples

Antonyms

to contaminate
248 4.9

To make things like water or soil unsafe by adding harmful substances

to pollute
109 3.4

To make water, air or land dirty by adding harmful waste

How Clean

to disinfect
18 3.7
to clean the pool
5 1.0

Surface Forms

clean the pool infinitive
cleaned the pool past
cleaned the pool past participle
cleaning the pool present participle
cleans the pool third person singular

Morphology

clean + the + pool

The meaning 'to remove dirt from a swimming pool' is directly and transparently derived from the verb 'clean' (to wash/remove grime) applied to the noun 'pool' (a place for swimming); the determiner 'the' does not change composition. This is a straightforward verb + object construction common across languages and predictable for a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Clean the pool comes from the simple image of someone using a net, brush, or pump to lift leaves and dirt out of the pool, and the word clean shows the action of 'removing dirt'. So it means 'to remove dirt and leaves from a swimming pool'.