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washing definition

wash·ing (wôs̸h)

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that washes; a cleaning, flushing, etc. in water or other liquid
  2. clothes or other things washed or to be washed, esp. at one time
  3. matter obtained or removed by washing
  4. a thin coating, as of metal, put on in liquid form
  5. Finance the act of making a wash sale

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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