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CIDE DICTIONARY
Washing, n.
- The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution. [1913 Webster]
- The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash. [1913 Webster]
- Gold dust procured by washing; also, a place where this is done; a washery. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A thin covering or coat; as, a washing of silver. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- The operation of simultaneously buying and selling the same stock for the purpose of manipulating the market. The transaction is fictitious, and is prohibited by stock-exchange rules. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Washing, n. a quantity of clothes for washing or just washed.
Idiom
washing-machine a machine for washing clothes and linen etc. washing-powder powder of soap or detergent for washing clothes. washing-soda sodium carbonate, used dissolved in water for washing and cleaning. washing-up Brit.
1 the process of washing dishes etc. after use.
2 used dishes etc. for washing.
1 the process of washing dishes etc. after use.
2 used dishes etc. for washing.
THESAURUS
Washing
ablution, bear raid, bull raid, cleaning out, corner, corner in, douche, douching, elution, elutriation, enema, flush, flushing, flushing out, irrigation, lap, lapping, lathering, laundering, laundry, lavabo, lavage, lavation, laving, manipulation, monopoly, mopping, mopping up, plash, raid, rigging, rinse, rinsing, scouring, scrub, scrubbing, scrubbing up, shampoo, slosh, soaping, splash, sponge, sponging, swabbing, swash, tubbing, wash, wash sale, washday, washing up, washout, washup, wiping upROGET THESAURUS
Washing
Water
N water, serum, serosity, lymph, rheum, diluent, agua, aqua, pani, dilution, maceration, lotion, washing, immersion, humectation, infiltration, spargefaction, affusion, irrigation, douche, balneation, bath, deluge, high water, flood tide, watery, aqueous, aquatic, hydrous, lymphatic, balneal, diluent, drenching, diluted, weak, wet, the waters are out.Also see definition of "Washing" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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