schoonwassen

Dutch (Brabantic)

verb
Definitions
  • to clean with a whitening agent such as bleach
  • (figuratively) to free one from guilt, exculpate

Etymology

Compound from Dutch, Flemish schoon (beautiful, clean, fair) + Dutch, Flemish wassen (wash, grow, launder, grown, increase).

Origin

Dutch (Brabantic)

wassen

Gloss

wash, grow, launder, grown, increase

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

殖

Emoji
🚿 🛁

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