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launching |
launching pad |
launching site |
launchpad |
laund |
launder
| launderer
| launderette
| laundering
| laundress
| laundromat
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launder
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb launder has 2 senses
- launder(v = verb.contact) wash - cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!" is one way to clean, make clean
- launder(v = verb.change) Array - convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones; Array is one way to change, commute, convert, exchange
Derived forms noun laundry2, noun laundry1
Sample sentence:
They launder the cape
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
launder, n. [Contracted fr. OE. lavender, F. lavandière, LL. lavandena, from L. lavare to wash. See Lave.].
- A washerwoman. [1913 Webster]
- A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore. [1913 Webster]
launder, v. t.
- To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts. [1913 Webster]
- To lave; to wet. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
launder, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 wash and iron (clothes, linen, etc.).
2 colloq. transfer (funds) to conceal a dubious or illegal origin.
--n. a channel for conveying liquids, esp. molten metal.
--v.tr.
1 wash and iron (clothes, linen, etc.).
2 colloq. transfer (funds) to conceal a dubious or illegal origin.
--n. a channel for conveying liquids, esp. molten metal.
Derivative
launderer n.
Etymology
ME launder (n.) washer of linen, contr. of lavander f. OF lavandier ult. f. L lavanda things to be washed, neut. pl. gerundive of lavare wash
THESAURUS
launder
baptize, bath, bathe, clean, cleanse, douche, flush, flush out, gargle, holystone, irrigate, lather, lave, legalize, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, mop, mop up, rinse, rinse out, ritually immerse, scour, scrub, scrub up, shampoo, shower, sluice, sluice out, soap, sponge, swab, syringe, toivel, tub, wash, wash out, wash upROGET THESAURUS
launder
Cleanness
VB be clean, render clean, clean, cleanse, mundify, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up, wash, lave, launder, buck, absterge, deterge, decrassify, clear, purify, depurate, despumate, defecate, purge, expurgate, elutriate, lixiviate, edulcorate, clarify, refine, rack, filter, filtrate, drain, strain, disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize, whitewash, castrate, emasculate, sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep, rout out, clear out, sweep out, make a clean sweep of.Stealing
VB steal, thieve, rob, mug, purloin, pilfer, filch, prig, bag, nim, crib, cabbage, palm, abstract, appropriate, plagiarize, convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp, make off with, walk off with, run off with, run away with, spirit away, seize, plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer, maraud, lift cattle, poach, smuggle, run, badger, bail up, hold up, stick up, bunco, bunko, filibuster, swindle, peculate, embezzle, sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece, defraud, obtain under false pretenses, live by one's wits, rob Peter to pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul, set a thief to catch a thief, disregard the distinction between meum and tuum, fence, launder, launder money.
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