washing.
The action of the verb to wash.
Meaning & usage
The action of the verb to wash.
Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
My mother used to do the washing on a Monday.
The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed.
The washings have a higher concentration of metal.
The liquid used to wash an ore.
A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
A thin covering or coat.
A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
Where this word comes from
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”).
present participle and gerund of wash
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English waschyng /wasschinge /wasschynge /wassende /wesschinge, from Old English *wæsċende /*wasċende, from Proto-West Germanic *waskandī, from Proto-Germanic *waskandz (“washing”), present participle of *waskaną (“to wash”). By surface analysis, wash + -ing. Cognate with Dutch wassend, German waschend, Swedish vaskande.
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