washing

Speech parts

1. washing - Noun

2. washing - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

wash cleaning purification bath shower laundering cleansing laundry scrub scouring rinse rinsing launder scrubbing lavation
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Antonyms

dirtying shooting marking dirty infect spotting
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Hypernyms

work garment household linen

Hyponyms

bathing laundering soak soaking rinse ablution

Phrases with the word

participation-washing fat washing AI washing washing away do the washing do washing

Anagrams

Wangshi

Examples

Normal 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

Close letter words and terms

washikong washily washiness washing and drying machine washing away washing ball