Thesaurus: washing

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Wash
2. n. The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution.
3. n. The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash.
4. n. the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
5. n. garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
6. 1. The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution. 2. The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash. Washing bear (Zoöl.), the raccoon. -- Washing bottle (Chem.), a bottle fitted with glass tubes passing through the cork, so that on blowing into one of the tubes a stream of water issuing from the other may be directed upon anything to be washed or rinsed, as a precipitate upon a filter, etc. -- Washing fluid, a liquid used as a cleanser, and consisting usually of alkaline salts resembling soaps in their action. -- Washing machine, a machine for washing; specifically, a machine for washing clothes. -- Washing soda. (Chem.) See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium. -- Washing stuff, any earthy deposit containing gold enough to pay for washing it; -- so called among gold miners.
7. n:100 n the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) n garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering v clean with some chemical process v cleanse (one's body) with soap and water v cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water v move by or as if by water v be capable of being washed v admit to testing or proof v separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals) v apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to v remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent v form by erosion v make moist v wash or flow against v to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking