Standard Lemma guide

launder

noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːndə/
  • /ˈlɑːndə(ɹ)/ some accents
  • US: /ˈlɔndɚ/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈlɑndɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔːndə(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -ɑːndə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: L AO1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A washerwoman or washerman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, mining

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inlayer

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A gutter (for rainwater).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To lave; to wet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance, money

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To obtain a pointer to an object created in storage occupied by an existing object of the same type, even if it has const or reference members.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, exchange, commute, convert

10

verb

Meaning 10

cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Wash the towels, please!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wash

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: clean, make clean

Narrower terms: water-wash, wash out, pressure-wash, powerwash, suds, rinse, rinse off, cradle, stonewash, stone-wash, handwash, hand-wash, machine wash, machine-wash, acid-wash

History

Etymology

Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandera, from Latin lavō (“to wash”).

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: корито за промиване (korito za promivane) — trough used by miners to carry material
  • Finnish: ränni — trough used by miners to carry material
  • Finnish: ränni — trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill
  • Azerbaijani: yumaq — to wash and iron
  • Bulgarian: пера (pera) — to wash and iron
  • Catalan: rentar — to wash and iron
  • Catalan: fer la bugada — to wash and iron
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洗 — to wash and iron
  • Crimean Tatar: yuvmaq — to wash and iron
  • Finnish: pyykätä ja silittää — to wash and iron
  • French: blanchir — to wash and iron
  • German: waschen — to wash and iron
  • Latin: lavō — to wash and iron
  • Malay: mencuci — to wash and iron
  • Malay: membasuh — to wash and iron
  • Polish: prać — to wash and iron
  • Polish: uprać — to wash and iron
  • Portuguese: lavar — to wash and iron
  • Spanish: lavar — to wash and iron
  • Spanish: hacer la colada — to wash and iron
  • Thai: ซักอบรีด (sák-òp-rîit) — to wash and iron
  • Ukrainian: пра́ти (práty) — to wash and iron
  • Ukrainian: ви́прати (výpraty) — to wash and iron
  • Latin: lavō — to wet
  • Azerbaijani: yumaq — to disguise the source of
  • Bulgarian: пера (pera) — to disguise the source of
  • Catalan: blanquejar — to disguise the source of
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洗 (xǐ) — to disguise the source of
  • Finnish: pestä — to disguise the source of
  • German: waschen — to disguise the source of
  • Hungarian: pénzt mos — to disguise the source of
  • Khmer: លាង (liəng) — to disguise the source of
  • Malay: melabur secara haram — to disguise the source of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hvitvaske — to disguise the source of
  • Portuguese: branquear — to disguise the source of
  • Russian: отмывать (otmyvatʹ) — to disguise the source of
  • Thai: ฟอก (fɔ̂ɔk) — to disguise the source of
  • Ukrainian: відмива́ти (vidmyváty) — to disguise the source of
  • Ukrainian: відми́ти (vidmýty) — to disguise the source of