washing

Meanings

Plural: washings

Noun

• the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
• garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
• The action of the verb to wash
• Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
• The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
• The liquid used to wash an ore.
• A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
• A thin covering or coat.
• A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
• The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.

Verb

• clean with some chemical process
• cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
• cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
• move by or as if by water
• be capable of being washed
• admit to testing or proof
• separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
• apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
• remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
• form by erosion
• make moist
• wash or flow against
• to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
• present participle and gerund of wash

Synonyms

dampen, lap, launder, laundry, lavation, lave, moisten, rinse, wash, wash away, wash off, wash out, washables