English- translations for washing

Definition of washing

• 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 thin covering or coat
• A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market

Synonyms

• laundry

Examples

• My mother used to do the washing on a Monday
• The washings have a higher concentration of metal
• the gold-washings, or silver-washings
• a washing of silver

Related words

• Washington
• whitewashing
• washing-up
• brainwashing
• greenwashing
• swashing
• brain-washing
• dishwashing
• Washingtonian