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launder definition

laun·der (lôn′dər)

noun

a water trough, esp. one used in mining for washing dirt from the ore

Etymology: ME, contr. < lavender, washerwoman < OFr lavandier < ML lavandarius < LL lavandaria, things to be washed < L lavandus, ger. of L lavare, to wash: see lave

transitive verb

  1. to wash, or wash and iron (clothes, etc.)
  2. to exchange or invest (money) in such a way as to conceal that it came from an illegal or improper source
  3. to make (something improper or offensive) seem less so

intransitive verb

  1. to withstand washing a fabric that launders well
  2. to do laundry

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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it means to wash

Posted by nonamepoop 83 days ago.

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