vacuum
verb/ˈvækjuːm/
/ˈvækjuːm/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they vacuum | /ˈvækjuːm/ /ˈvækjuːm/ |
| he / she / it vacuums | /ˈvækjuːmz/ /ˈvækjuːmz/ |
| past simple vacuumed | /ˈvækjuːmd/ /ˈvækjuːmd/ |
| past participle vacuumed | /ˈvækjuːmd/ /ˈvækjuːmd/ |
| -ing form vacuuming | /ˈvækjuːmɪŋ/ /ˈvækjuːmɪŋ/ |
- vacuum (something) to clean something using a vacuum cleaner synonym hoover
- Have you vacuumed the stairs?
Word Originmid 16th cent.: modern Latin, neuter of Latin vacuus ‘empty’.Definitions on the go
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