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• wash — I n. laundry 1) to do the wash 2) to hang out the wash 3) the weekly wash installation for washing 4) a car wash II v. 1) (D; tr.) to wash for (would you please wash the dishes for me?) 2) (misc.) to be washed overboard USAGE NOTE: In AE, to wash …   Combinatory dictionary

• Laundry symbol — Laundry care symbols with instructions in Japanese. The four symbols shown indicate that the garment must not be washed in water, must not be bleached, may be ironed only with a protective pressing cloth, and must be dry cleaned. A laundry symbol …   Wikipedia

• Laundry — is hung to dry above an Italian street. Laundry hanging out of flats for d …   Wikipedia

• Laundry detergent — Laundry powder Laundry detergent, or washing powder, is a substance that is a type of detergent (cleaning agent) that is added for cleaning laundry. In common usage, detergent refers to mixtures of chemical compounds including… …   Wikipedia

• wash — [n1] laundry, bath ablution, bathe, cleaning, cleansing, dirty clothes, laundering, rinse, scrub, shampoo, shower, washing; concepts 451,514 wash [n2] wave; water movement ebb and flow, eddy, flow, gush, heave, lapping, murmur, roll, rush, spurt …   New thesaurus

• wash|ing — «WOSH ihng, WSH », noun, adjective. –n. 1. the act or action of cleaning with water: »to give a car, one s hands, or clothes, a good washing. 2. the act of washing as part of an industrial process: »the washing of coal or ore. 3. the act or… …   Useful english dictionary

• wash — ► VERB 1) clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent. 2) (of flowing water) carry or move in a particular direction. 3) be carried by flowing water. 4) (wash over) occur all around without greatly affecting. 5) literary wet or moisten. 6) …   English terms dictionary

• wash one's dirty linen (or laundry) in public — informal discuss one s personal affairs in public. → wash …   English new terms dictionary

• wash (your) dirty laundry in public — wash (your) dirty laundry/linen in public British & Australian, American & Australian to talk to other people about personal things that you should keep private. I was brought up to believe that it was wrong to wash your dirty linen in public …   New idioms dictionary

• wash one's dirty laundry in public — ► wash one s dirty linen (or laundry) in public informal discuss one s personal affairs in public. Main Entry: ↑wash …   English terms dictionary

• laundry — (n.) late 14c., place for washing; mid 15c. act of washing, from O.Fr. lavanderie, from L. lavandaria, pl. of lavandarium things to be washed, from lavare to wash (see LAVE (Cf. lave)). As a verb, from 1880. Laundry list in figurative sense is… …   Etymology dictionary