to launder

Examples

• All

• The linens were sent to be laundered, and the silver was polished.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I want my shirts laundered... like they do at the Imperial Hotel... in Tokyo.

  Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

• I need someone who can launder my clothes and shine my shoes.

  Green Book (2018)

• No, but I can get these laundered here.

  Ned Rifle (2015)

• I'll have the uniform laundered and returned.

  China Seas (1935)

• Freshly laundered jersey coming up.

  Soccer Mom (2008)

• The next week, I decided to launder the bedspread and pillow shams.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Under a red V-necked sweater, a freshly laundered white shirt glistened.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Wills stands before a mahogany mirror, buttoning a freshly laundered white shirt.

  Fiction book (2000)

• After spilling coffee on my shirt, I need to launder it before the stain sets in.

Synonyms

W

to wash

vsto launder

941 1.0

To clean something with water, often using soap

is focused on cleaning clothing and linens rather than any object

H

to hand-wash

vsto launder

5 2.8

Wash something with your hands instead of in a machine

is broader, covering cleaning clothes by any method

M

to machine wash

vsto launder

1 1.3

Clean clothes in a washing machine instead of by hand

can mean cleaning clothes by any method, not only machine use

H

to handwash

vsto launder

1 3.0

To wash clothes by hand instead of using a machine

is broader, covering cleaning clothes by any method

W

to water-wash

vsto launder

2.7

To clean something using water to remove dirt or chemicals

includes cleaning with soap and detergent, not only rinsing with water

Antonyms

S

to soil

59 4.5

To make something dirty with mud or dirt

Phrasal Verbs

L

to launder money

• NSFW

23 7.4

To hide money earned in illegal ways by moving it through banks or businesses

How Clean

to disinfect

18 3.7

to sanitize

• US

11 3.7

to scrub

55 1.0

to launder

10 3.0

rinse

8 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology