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Definition of vacuum verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

vacuum

verb

NAmE//ˈvækyum//

[transitive, intransitive] vacuum (something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they vacuum

he / she / it vacuums

past simple vacuumed

-ing form vacuuming

to clean something using a vacuum cleaner Have you vacuumed the stairs?

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