laun·der (lôn d r, län-)v. laun·dered, laun·der·ing, laun·ders v.tr. 1. a. To wash (clothes, for example). b. To wash, fold, and iron: shirts that were neatly laundered by the hotel staff. 2. To disguise the source or nature of (illegal funds, for example) by channeling through an intermediate agent. 3. To make more acceptable or presentable, sanitize: "The transcripts are, of course, laundered . . . unidentified larger chunks of conversation are reported missing throughout" (Eliot Fremont-Smith). v.intr. 1. To undergo washing in a specified way: This material launders well. 2. To wash or prepare laundry. n. A trough or flume used in washing ore. [From Middle English launder, lavender, launderer, from Old French lavandier, from Vulgar Latin *lavand  rius, from Latin lavandria, things to be washed, from lavanda, neuter pl. gerundive of lavre, to wash; see leu()- in Indo-European roots.]laun der·er n. |
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