0 the act of cleaning all of a place, especially your house, very well, including parts you do not often clean:
We need to do some spring-cleaning.
Spring-cleaning gives you the chance to examine your furniture properly.
The annual DIY-fest has overtaken that other traditional spring activity - spring-cleaning.
He did a thorough spring-cleaning job on the seats and carpets - but to no avail.
Another common cause is inadequate dietary intake, which may be coupled with unaccustomed exercise such as spring-cleaning or a shopping trip.
From time to time, as a science progresses, a spring-cleaning of its conceptual equipment and terminology may become necessary.
I wonder whether we could not go back to our homes and look round during the course of the spring-cleaning that is going on.