launder : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: launder	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for launder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
launder v cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!" Synonym(s): wash, launder convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Launder \Laun"der\, n. [Contracted fr. OE. lavender, F. lavandi[8a]re, LL. lavandena, from L. lavare to wash. See {Lave}.] 1. A washerwoman. [Obs.] 2. (Mining) A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Launder \Laun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Laundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Laundering}.] 1. To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts. 2. To lave; to wet. [Obs.] --Shak.