wash|ing

wash|ing
wash|ing «WOSH ihng, WSH-», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. the act or action of cleaning with water: »

to give a car, one's hands, or clothes, a good washing.

2. the act of washing as part of an industrial process: »

the washing of coal or ore.

3. the act or action of washing away material; erosion by action of water: »

to build a wall to prevent washing of soil from a bank.

4. a) clothes washed or to be washed at one time: »

to do two washings before lunch.

b) laundry: »

to send washing to the laundry.

5. a thin coat, as of a metal applied by electrolysis.
6. Sometimes, washings. a) liquid that has been used to wash something. b) matter removed in washing something: »

washings of gold obtained from the earth.

c) places containing soil, ore, or the like, from which metal is obtained by washing.
7. Finance. a manipulating of a security by means of a wash sale.
–adj.
1. for washing.
2. that washes.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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