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Remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
Answer for the clue "Remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent ", 7 letters:
washing
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English wæscing "action of washing clothes," verbal noun from wash (v.). Meaning "clothes washed at one time" is from 1854. Washing machine attested from 1754.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The action of the verb to '''wash''' 2 (context uncountable chiefly British NZ English) clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry. 3 (context countable often ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a washing machine (= for washing clothes ) ▪ Put your dirty clothes straight in the washing machine. dirty clothes/washing/laundry ▪ She circled the bedroom, picking up dirty clothes. washing day washing line (= line ...
Usage examples of washing.
In the second case, in a youth of sixteen, death occurred after washing out a deep abscess of the nates with the same solution.
It was deep twilight when Ace sat down in front of the fire and attacked the tender, roasted meat, washing it down with swallows of coffee.
After precipitating as ammonic-magnesic phosphate with sodium phosphate, and well washing with ammonia, it is dissolved in dilute hydrochloric acid, neutralised with ammonia, and sodic acetate and acetic acid are added in the usual quantity.
Again, if the ore is washed with water before treating with cyanide on the large scale, then the assay should be made of the acidity of the ore after a similar washing.
A clothes airer stacked with damp washing, a pram and a bed were crammed up against a cot from which he swiftly averted his attention.
Some assayers advise cleaning by dipping in warm dilute hydrochloric acid followed by washing in water and drying.
On West Auer Avenue, a man in a gray University of Michigan football T-shirt, gray cotton shorts, and flip-flops was washing a dark blue Toyota Camry in his short double-wheel-track driveway.
He had just finished washing his dinner dishes and he and Babbie were in the outer shop together, when the visitor came.
Their deliverance was near, however, and while Gudrun was washing on the shore, a mermaid, in the guise of a swan, came gently near her and bade her be of good cheer, for her sufferings would soon be at an end.
As the baptismal water by its cleansing signifies the washing away of guilt, and by its refreshment the remission of punishment, so by its natural clearness it signifies the splendor of grace and virtues.
In the morning my fair niece came into my room just as Clairmont was washing my feet, and begged me to let her have some coffee as chocolate made her hot.
The doctor, his white coat spattered with blood, is washing his hands at a sink when Berel comes into the office.
The French hotel had a bidet, which Richard explained to me with the trace of a smirk after he caught me washing my feet in it.
Sarah finished washing Biffin the sink and, wrapping him in a towel, gave him to Olivia to hold while she fetched his pyjamas from the stove.
The business of the Book Fair continued, and she maneuvered through it in a fog, words like print run, cover art, and mild bookish jokes, washing over her.