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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
launder en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈlɔndɚ/ (US)
- (US) audio
- /ˈlɑndɚ/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈlɑːndə(ɹ)/ some accents
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈlɔːndə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandera, from Latin lavō (“to wash”).
Meanings
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(obsolete) A washerwoman or washerman.
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A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.
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A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.
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A gutter (for rainwater).
Forms
Descendants
lander (gutter)
Synonyms
inlayer
Translations (3)
fi ränni (trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill) · bg корито за промиване (trough used by miners to carry material) · fi ränni (trough used by miners to carry material)
launder en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈlɔndɚ/ (US)
- (US) audio
- /ˈlɑndɚ/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈlɑːndə(ɹ)/ some accents
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈlɔːndə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandera, from Latin lavō (“to wash”).
Meanings
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To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
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(obsolete) To lave; to wet.
Oft did she heave her napkin to her eyne, / Which on it had conceited characters, / Laundering the silken figures in the brine
1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
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To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.
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(transitive) To obtain a pointer to an object created in storage occupied by an existing object of the same type, even if it has const or reference members.
Forms
Deriveds
launderability · launderess · launderable · relaunder · money laundering · unlaundered · mislaunder
Relateds
launderette · laundress · lave · launderer · laundry
Translations (36)
fi pestä (to disguise the source of) · ca fer la bugada (to wash and iron) · la lavō (to wash and iron) · pt lavar (to wash and iron) · ms mencuci (to wash and iron) · km លាង (to disguise the source of) · ms melabur secara haram (to disguise the source of) · ru отмывать (to disguise the source of) · uk ви́прати (to wash and iron) · az yumaq (to wash and iron) · cmn 洗 (to disguise the source of) · crh yuvmaq (to wash and iron) · fi pyykätä ja silittää (to wash and iron) · hu pénzt mos (to disguise the source of) · uk відмива́ти (to disguise the source of) · la lavō (to wet) · pl uprać (to wash and iron) · uk відми́ти (to disguise the source of) · uk пра́ти (to wash and iron) · th ซักอบรีด (to wash and iron) · de waschen (to disguise the source of) · bg пера (to wash and iron) · th ฟอก (to disguise the source of) · es lavar (to wash and iron) · fr blanchir (to wash and iron) · nb hvitvaske (to disguise the source of) · de waschen (to wash and iron) · cmn 洗 (to wash and iron) · es hacer la colada (to wash and iron) · ca rentar (to wash and iron) · ms membasuh (to wash and iron) · pl prać (to wash and iron) · bg пера (to disguise the source of) · az yumaq (to disguise the source of) · ca blanquejar (to disguise the source of) · pt branquear (to disguise the source of)