Word Information

Wash

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Definitions for Wash

noun
a thin coat of water-base paint
noun
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
Synonyms
washing lavation
noun
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
Synonyms
dry wash
noun
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
Synonyms
washout
Examples
  1. from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water
noun
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
Synonyms
slipstream airstream race backwash
noun
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
Synonyms
wash drawing
noun
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
Synonyms
laundry washing washables
noun
any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
Examples
  1. at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash
verb
clean with some chemical process
Synonyms
rinse
verb
cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
Synonyms
lave
verb
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
Synonyms
launder
Examples
  1. Wash the towels, please!
verb
move by or as if by water
Examples
  1. The swollen river washed away the footbridge
verb
be capable of being washed
Examples
  1. Does this material wash?
verb
admit to testing or proof
Examples
  1. This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court
verb
separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
verb
apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
verb
remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
Synonyms
wash out wash off wash away
Examples
  1. he washed the dirt from his coat
  2. The nurse washed away the blood
  3. Can you wash away the spots on the windows?
  4. he managed to wash out the stains
verb
form by erosion
Examples
  1. The river washed a ravine into the mountainside
verb
make moist
Synonyms
moisten dampen
Examples
  1. The dew moistened the meadows
verb
wash or flow against
Synonyms
lave lap
Examples
  1. the waves laved the shore
verb
to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
Examples
  1. The cat washes several times a day

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