vacuumed up
Cleaned with suction
To vacuum something up is to remove it using a vacuum cleaner or similar suction device: I vacuumed up the crumbs from the carpet.
Figuratively, it can mean to absorb or consume rapidly and thoroughly: The company vacuumed up all the available talent in the industry.
- nozzleFlow-directing pipe fitting
- carpetThick floor textile
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- dustFine settled particles
- dust bunniesAccumulated fluff clusters
suction · dirt · speck · cleaning up · sucked in · fluff · lint · hoarded · absorbed · crumbs · pet hair · hair · monopolized · floor cleaner · assimilated · rug · wall to wall · grit
cleaning method
vacuumed upswept
Cleaned with bristles
mopped · scrubbed · dusted · wiped · hand-picked
vacuum, vacuumed, vacuuming, vacuums, vacuous, vacuousness, vacuity, evacuate, evacuated