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noun
The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
Synonyms: laundry, wash, cleaning, lavation, ablution, abstersion, soiled clothes, bath, bathing, detersion, fomentation, laundering, lavabo, dirty clothes, lavage, lavement, laving, maundy, rinsing, soaking, washables
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verb
To border upon
Synonyms: floating, hitting, flooding, reaching, laving, touching, drifting
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verb
To erode
Synonyms: swashing, deteriorating, splashing, removing, lapping, gurgling, wearing, burbling, bubbling, decreasing
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verb
To launder
Synonyms: drenching, holding, soaking, scouring, boiling, scrubbing, starching, cleaning
Antonyms: smirching, staining, dirtying
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verb
Cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
Synonyms: clean, deterge, douse, elutriate, eluviate, erode, irrigate, laving, leach, mundify, wash, daubing, lipping, laundering, retouching, staining, tinting, dyeing, coating, lapping, coloring, whitewashing, painting, swabbing
Antonyms: dirtying
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verb
Clean with some chemical process
Synonyms: rinsing, cleansing, wetting, scrubbing, scouring, sponging, moistening, showering, swirling, sloshing, dipping, rolling, wiping, purifying, laving, laundering, lapping, cleaning, dampening, soaking, fomenting, flowing, dousing, floating, drifting, immersing, drenching, shining, covering, coating
Antonyms: dirtying
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verb
Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
Synonyms: laving