ALL meanings of launder
laun·der
L l - noun launder Wash, or wash and iron, (clothes or linens). 1
- verb with object launder to wash (clothes, linens, etc.). 1
- verb with object launder to wash and iron (clothes). 1
- verb with object launder Informal. to disguise the source of (illegal or secret funds or profits), usually by transmittal through a foreign bank or a complex network of intermediaries. to disguise the true nature of (a transaction, operation, or the like) by routing money or goods through one or more intermediaries. 1
- verb with object launder 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. 1
- verb without object launder to wash laundry. 1
- verb without object launder to undergo washing and ironing: The shirt didn't launder well. 1
- noun launder (in ore dressing) a passage carrying products of intermediate grade and residue in water suspension. 1
- noun launder Metallurgy. a channel for conveying molten steel to a ladle. 1
- transitive verb launder wash: clothes, etc. 1
- transitive verb launder conceal illegality of: money 1
- transitive verb launder sanitize 1
- verb launder When you launder clothes, sheets, and towels, you wash and iron them. 0
- verb launder To launder money that has been obtained illegally means to process it through a legitimate business or to send it abroad to a foreign bank, so that when it comes back nobody knows that it was illegally obtained. 0
- verb launder to wash, sometimes starch, and often also iron (clothes, linen, etc) 0
- verb launder to be capable of being laundered without shrinking, fading, etc 0
- verb launder 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 0
- noun launder a water trough, esp one used for washing ore in mining 0
- noun launder a water trough, esp. one used in mining for washing dirt from the ore 0
- verb transitive launder to wash, or wash and iron (clothes, etc.) 0
- verb transitive launder to exchange or invest (money) in such a way as to conceal that it came from an illegal or improper source 0
- verb transitive launder to make (something improper or offensive) seem less so 0
- intransitive verb launder to withstand washing 0
- intransitive verb launder to do laundry 0
- noun launder (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A washerwoman. 0
- noun launder (mining) A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore. 0
- noun launder A gutter (for rainwater). 0
- verb launder To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron. 0
- verb launder (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To lave; to wet. 0
- verb launder (money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means. 0