well-laundered
dər, ˈlɑn- verb (used with object)
1.
to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
2.
to wash and iron (clothes).
3.
4.
to remove embarrassing or unpleasant characteristics or elements from in order to make more acceptable: He'll have to launder his image if he wants to run for office.
verb (used without object)
5.
to wash laundry.
6.
to undergo washing and ironing: The shirt didn't launder well.
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noun
7.
(in ore dressing) a passage carrying products of intermediate grade and residue in water suspension.
8.
Metallurgy. a channel for conveying molten steel to a ladle.
Origin:
1300–50; 1970–75 for def 3; Middle English: launderer, syncopated variant of lavandere, lavendere washer of linen < Middle French lavandier(e) < Medieval Latin lavandārius (masculine), lavandāria (feminine), equivalent to Latin lavand- (gerund stem of lavāre to wash) + -ārius, -āria -ary; see -er2)
1300–50; 1970–75 for def 3; Middle English: launderer, syncopated variant of lavandere, lavendere washer of linen < Middle French lavandier(e) < Medieval Latin lavandārius (masculine), lavandāria (feminine), equivalent to Latin lavand- (gerund stem of lavāre to wash) + -ārius, -āria -ary; see -er2)
Related forms
laun·der·a·ble, adjective
laun·der·a·bil·i·ty, noun
laun·der·er, noun
re·laun·der, verb (used with object)
un·laun·dered, adjective
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launder (ˈlɔːndə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to wash, sometimes starch, and often also iron (clothes, linen, etc) |
| 2. | (intr) to be capable of being laundered without shrinking, fading, etc |
| 3. | (tr) to process (something acquired illegally) to make it appear respectable, esp to process illegally acquired funds through a legitimate business or to send them to a foreign bank for subsequent transfer to a home bank |
| —n | |
| 4. | a water trough, esp one used for washing ore in mining |
| [C14 (n, meaning: a person who washes linen): changed from lavender washerwoman, from Old French lavandiere, ultimately from Latin lavāre to wash] | |
| 'launderer | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
launder
"to wash linen," 1660s; see laundry. Criminal banking sense first recorded 1961, from notion of making dirty money seem clean; brought to widespread use during U.S. Watergate scandal, 1973. Related: Laundered; laundering.
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