The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word WASHING
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More clues leading to the result WASHING
- Cleaning part of building, coming across burnt remains
- Laundry remains in flight
- Witty fellow covering part of leg for cleaning
- Dirty dishes, water perhaps and detergent
- Cleaner whips a gun out, left with very little money?
- Fairy. On the draining board perhaps?
- Dirty dishes becoming jetsam
- Plug in hole initially, I saw off bit of gravy — with this?
- It should sanitise Wuhan pigs, conceivably
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What does WASHING mean?
WASHING verb- To clean with water.
- To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
- To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
- To clean oneself with water.
- To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
- To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
- To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
- To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
- To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
- To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
- To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
- To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
- To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
- To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
- The action of the verb to wash
- Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
- (often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
- The liquid used to wash an ore.
- A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
- A thin covering or coat.
- A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
- The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.