laving

Definition of lavingnext
present participle of lave
as in washing
to flow along or against the cold water from the stream gently laved her burned fingers

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  • Auoon Clip-On Pot Strainer This clever clip-on pot strainer takes up less space in the cabinet and the dishwasher, and makes quick work of straining pasta water, washing fruit and vegetables, and more.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
  • As a teenager, Bajaria helped her immigrant family’s business, washing cars before winning a string of beauty pageants, including Miss India Worldwide in 1991.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 May 2026
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  • The girl’s mother was bathing her other child when the victim tumbled out of the open second-floor apartment window, a police source said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
  • Nerra combines the past and present of bathing culture into four products, The Bathhouse Ritual, that are meant to be used as a system.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
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  • The splashing water captured by the camera is abstracted into a nebulous fog that dissolves the profile of a Parisian bridge in the background.
    Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Grown-ups bring a ladder to climb into the enormous fruit, kids gather up their inflatable toys, someone makes a waterslide out of a piece of rind, and the whole community spends the day splashing in the juice and pulp (being careful to remove the seeds first).
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
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“Laving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laving. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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