To wash

Washing stands for:

clean something with water, see cleaning (maintenance)
Cleansing the body, for example skin cleansing, see body care
Clean textiles in a water bath, see laundry
Processing of textiles to achieve a certain look, see Jeans #Washes
Extraction of gold particles from river sediments, see gold prospector # gold washer
smuggle illegally acquired money into the legal economic cycle, see money laundering

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