Launder

Noun

 * 1)  A washerwoman.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3) A gutter (for rainwater)

Synonyms

 * launderer, laundress, washerwoman

Verb

 * 1) To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
 * 2)  To lave; to wet.
 * 3)  To disguise the source of ill-gotten wealth by various means.

Derived terms

 * money laundering

Thesaurus
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 up

Etymology
Contracted from lavender: <  lavandière: <  lavandena:, from  lavo:.

Noun

 * Finnish:

Verb

 * Crimean Tatar: yuvmaq
 * Finnish: pyykätä, pestä vaatteita
 * French:
 * German:


 * Latin:
 * Polish:, uprać
 * Spanish:


 * Latin:


 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Hungarian: pézt mos

Related terms

 * launderer
 * launderette
 * laundress
 * laundry
 * lave

Anagrams

 * Arundel
 * lurdane