Keywords: laundry, dry cleaner, washboard, hand pump, pump, launder, dry clean
Sign Definition
General Definition
1. The action of holding onto something in front of you and moving it up and down repeatedly, such as dunking clothes in water and rubbing them against a washboard or operating a hand held pump, or any thing or any action which can be easily associated with this when given enough context.
As a Noun
1. A board or frame with corrugated metallic or other surface, on which clothes are scrubbed in the process of washing. English = washboard.
2. A room in a house or hotel where clothes, sheets, and towels are washed; or a business that does this for people. English = laundry.
3. A shop where clothes and other things made of cloth can be dry-cleaned. English = dry cleaner.
4. A machine which is used to force air to flow in strong, regular movements along a tube into the tyre of a vehicle. It is operated by pushing down on a handle with both hands. English = hand pump.
5. A machine which is used to force liquid or gas to flow in strong, regular movements in a particular direction. English = pump.
As a Verb or Adjective
1. To wash clothes by hand, with or without a washboard.
2. To wash clothes. English = do the washing, do the laundry, launder.
3. To force liquid or gas to flow in strong, regular movements in a particular direction by using a pump, especially a hand held pump. English = pump, pump up.
