washing
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- noun
- /ˈwɔːʃɪŋ/
- UK
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ropa
- Do you usually do your washing here?
- washing machine
I don't show you my dirty washing on my Instagram page.
- I don't show you my dirty washing on my Instagram page.
- Lay with them, let the washing pile up, enjoy them, sniff their head.
Examples
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I think I left a bunch of it in the washing machine.
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My mother did your mother's washing for close on to 30 years, I reckon.
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Make sure you put the rags in the washing machine.
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I was just doing the washing - why do you have my daughter's t-shirt?!
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There's a lot of workout clothes that need washing and I just, I'm tired.
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They're doing the washing.
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Pauline doing housework: sweeping floors, ironing, hanging washing, folding, dusting, cleaning bath...
Fiction book (1994) -
I need to bring my washing in before it starts to rain.
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After the picnic, we had a huge pile of washing waiting for us.
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She sorted the washing into lights and darks before putting it in the machine.
Synonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A lab bottle that passes gas through a liquid to clean the gas or add gas to the liquid
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Washing comes from the old verb wash and the ending -ing, which can mean an action or its result, so it can name the things being cleaned. That's why washing as a noun often means the clothes or linens that are to be washed or have just been washed.