What is the meaning of washing?

noun

• The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water.
  • synonyms: wash, lavation
• Garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering.
  • synonyms: laundry, wash, washables

verb

• Clean with some chemical process.
  • synonyms: wash, rinse
• Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water.
  • synonyms: wash, lave
• Cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water.
  • usage: "Wash the towels, please"
  • synonyms: wash, launder
• Move by or as if by water.
  • usage: "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"
  • synonyms: wash
• Be capable of being washed.
  • usage: "Does this material wash"
  • synonyms: wash
• Admit to testing or proof.
  • usage: "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"
  • synonyms: wash
• Separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals.
  • synonyms: wash
• Apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to.
  • synonyms: wash
• Remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent.
  • usage: "he washed the dirt from his coat"; "The nurse washed away the blood"; "Can you wash away the spots on the windows"; "he managed to wash out the stains"
  • synonyms: wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
• Form by erosion.
  • usage: "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
  • synonyms: wash
• Make moist.
  • usage: "The dew moistened the meadows"
  • synonyms: moisten, wash, dampen
• Wash or flow against.
  • usage: "the waves laved the shore"
  • synonyms: lave, lap, wash
• To cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking.
  • usage: "The cat washes several times a day"
  • synonyms: wash