washing
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noun- 1.
(countable)The action of the verb to wash.
- 2.
(Australia, British, New Zealand, uncountable)(uncountable, chiefly British, New Zealand, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
My mother used to do the washing on a Monday.
Đồng nghĩa: laundry
- 3.
(countable, in plural, often)(countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed.
The washings have a higher concentration of metal.
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)The liquid used to wash an ore.
- 5.
(countable, uncountable)A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
the gold-washings, or silver-washings
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(countable, uncountable)A thin covering or coat.
a washing of silver
- 7.
(countable, uncountable)(stock market, finance) A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
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(countable, uncountable)(pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
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verb- 1.
(form of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of wash
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Middle English waschynge//wasshynge//weschynge, from Old English *wæsċing//*weasċing (attested in weasċingweġ), from *waskingu. wash. Cognate with Waaskenge, wasking, wassing, Waschung.