'Launder' definitions:
Definition of 'launder'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!" [syn: wash, launder]
verb
Convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones
Definition of 'Launder'
From: GCIDE
- Launder \Laun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laundered (l[add]n"d[~e]rd or l[aum]n"d[~e]rd); 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To lave; to wet. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Launder'
From: GCIDE
- Launder \Laun"der\ (l[add]n"d[~e]r or l[aum]n"d[~e]r), n. [Contracted fr. OE. lavender, F. lavandi[`e]re, LL. lavandena, from L. lavare to wash. See Lave.]
- 1. A washerwoman. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'launder'
From: Moby 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