English Online Dictionary. What means washing? What does washing mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA(key): /ˈwɒʃ.ɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɒʃɪŋ
- (General American) enPR: wäshʹĭng, IPA(key): /ˈwɑʃ.ɪŋ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwɔʃ.ɪŋ/
Etymology 1
From Middle English waschynge, weschynge, from Old English *weasċing, *wæsċing (attested in weasċingweġ), from Proto-West Germanic *waskingu, equivalent to wash + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Waaskenge (“washing”), West Frisian wasking (“washing”), Dutch wassing (“washing”), German Waschung (“washing”).
Noun
washing (countable and uncountable, plural washings)
- (countable) The action of the verb to wash
- (uncountable, chiefly British, New Zealand, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
- (countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
- The liquid used to wash an ore.
- A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
- the gold-washings, or silver-washings
- A thin covering or coat.
- a washing of silver
- (stock exchange) A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
- (pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
Synonyms
- (articles that have been or are to be washed): laundry (especially US)
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English waschyng, wasschynge, wasschinge, wesschinge, wassende, from Old English *wasċende, *wæsċende, from Proto-West Germanic *waskandī, from Proto-Germanic *waskandz (“washing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *waskaną (“to wash”), equivalent to wash + -ing. Cognate with Dutch wassend, German waschend, Swedish vaskande.
Verb
washing
- present participle and gerund of wash
Anagrams
- Wangshi, hawings, hawsing
Middle English
Noun
washing
- Alternative form of wasshynge