washings

Meanings

Noun

• the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
• garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
• plural of washing

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

Synonyms

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