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washing

  • noun
  • wash·ing
  • wäsh'''′'''ĭng

The action of the verb .

Other meanings

  1. Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.

  2. The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed.

Word history

From Middle English "waschynge//wasshynge//weschynge".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “washing” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.