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washing

Pronunciation: /ˈwɒʃ.ɪŋ/

The English word “washing” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The action of the verb to wash.
  2. Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
  3. The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed.
  4. The liquid used to wash an ore.
  5. A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
  6. A thin covering or coat.
  7. A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
  8. The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English waschynge /wasshynge /weschynge, from Old English *wæsċing /*weasċing (attested in weasċingweġ), from Proto-West Germanic *waskingu. By surface analysis, wash + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Waaskenge (“washing”), West Frisian wasking (“washing”), Dutch wassing (“washing”), German Waschung (“washing”).

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