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Found 1 definition: washing.

Pos: Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun washing has 2 senses

1. washing(n = noun.act) lavation, wash - the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water);
is a kind of work
has parts: rinse, rinsing
has particulars: bathing, washup, ablution, dishwashing, washup, washing-up, window-washing, rinse, soak, soaking, laundering
Derived form verb wash₂

2. washing(n = noun.artifact) laundry, wash, washables - garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering;
is a kind of garment, household linen, white goods

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

washing, n.

1. The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution. [1913 Webster]

2. The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash. [1913 Webster]

3. Gold dust procured by washing; also, a place where this is done; a washery. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. A thin covering or coat; as, a washing of silver. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

5. The operation of simultaneously buying and selling the same stock for the purpose of manipulating the market. The transaction is fictitious, and is prohibited by stock-exchange rules. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

6. The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Washing bear (Zoöl.), the raccoon. -- Washing bottle (Chem.), a bottle fitted with glass tubes passing through the cork, so that on blowing into one of the tubes a stream of water issuing from the other may be directed upon anything to be washed or rinsed, as a precipitate upon a filter, etc. -- Washing fluid, a liquid used as a cleanser, and consisting usually of alkaline salts resembling soaps in their action. -- Washing machine, a machine for washing; specifically, a machine for washing clothes. -- Washing soda. (Chem.) See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium. -- Washing stuff, any earthy deposit containing gold enough to pay for washing it; -- so called among gold miners.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

washing, n. a quantity of clothes for washing or just washed.

Idiom:
washing-machine a machine for washing clothes and linen etc. washing-powder powder of soap or detergent for washing clothes. washing-soda sodium carbonate, used dissolved in water for washing and cleaning. washing-up Brit.
1 the process of washing dishes etc. after use.
2 used dishes etc. for washing.

[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Water

N water, serum, serosity, lymph, rheum, diluent, agua, aqua, pani, dilution, maceration, lotion, washing, immersion, humectation, infiltration, spargefaction, affusion, irrigation, douche, balneation, bath, deluge, high water, flood tide, watery, aqueous, aquatic, hydrous, lymphatic, balneal, diluent, drenching, diluted, weak, wet, the waters are out.