washingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English waschynge, weschynge, from 古期英語 *weasċing, *wæsċing (attested in weasċingweġ), from Proto-West Germanic *waskingu, equivalent to wash +‎ -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Waaskenge (“washing”), West Frisian wasking (“washing”), Dutch wassing (“washing”), German Waschung (“washing”).

名詞

washing (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 washings)

1. (countable) The action of the verb to wash
   • 1855, Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow

     I then took a piece of dry stone, ground it fine in a mortar, and placed the powder in water, the sand particles sunk rapidly to the bottom, while the clay remained suspended, and by several washings and decantings the sand and clay could be approximately separated […]

2. (uncountable, chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
   • 2013, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, first edition, Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, page 74:

     […] Hazel telling about how she liked a good woodpile, especially when she used to take in washing to earn a little extra. She needed a goodly pile to fuel her washtubs.

   My mother used to do the washing on a Monday

3. (countable, often in the 複数形) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed

   The washings have a higher concentration of metal

4. The liquid used to wash an ore.
5. A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.

   the gold-washings, or silver-washings

6. A thin covering or coat.

   a washing of silver

7. (stock exchange) A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
8. (pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.

同意語

• (articles that have been または are to be washed): laundry (especially 米国用法)

派生語

• dirty washing

語源 2

From Middle English waschyng, wasschynge, wasschinge, wesschinge, wassende, from 古期英語 *wasċende, *wæsċende, from Proto-West Germanic *waskandī, from Proto-Germanic *waskandz (“washing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *waskaną (“to wash”), equivalent to wash +‎ -ing. Cognate with Dutch wassend, German waschend, Swedish vaskande.

動詞

washing

1. present participle of wash

アナグラム

• Wangshi, hawings, hawsing