1. washing - Noun
2. washing - Verb
of Wash
The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution.
The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash.
Source: Webster's dictionaryNormal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine. Whoopi Goldberg
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. Paulo Freire
I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water. Amy Tan
A clean hand wants no washing. Vietnamese Proverb
Whosoever eats bread without first washing his hands, it is as though he had sinned with a harlot. Afghan Proverb
It is a lonesome washing without a man's shirt in it. Irish Proverb