noun
Meaning 1
A washerwoman or washerman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A washerwoman or washerman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
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.
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Topics: business, mining
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noun
A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.
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Synonyms: inlayer
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noun
A gutter (for rainwater).
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verb
To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
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verb
To lave; to wet.
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Usage: obsolete
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verb
To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.
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Topics: business, finance, money
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verb
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.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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verb
convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones
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Broader terms: change, exchange, commute, convert
verb
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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
Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandera, from Latin lavō (“to wash”).
Across languages
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.