wash
Nouns
- (n) a thin coat of water-base paint
- (n) the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) lavation, washing,
- (n) the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) dry wash,
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(n) the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
- from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water
- (n) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller backwash, slipstream, airstream, race,
- (n) a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other wash drawing,
- (n) garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering laundry, washables, washing,
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(n) any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
- at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash
Verbs
- (v) clean with some chemical process rinse,
- (v) cleanse (one's body) with soap and water lave,
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(v) cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
- Wash the towels, please!
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(v) move by or as if by water
- The swollen river washed away the footbridge
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(v) be capable of being washed
- Does this material wash?
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(v) admit to testing or proof
- This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court
- (v) separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
- (v) apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
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(v) remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
- he washed the dirt from his coat
- The nurse washed away the blood
- Can you wash away the spots on the windows?
- he managed to wash out the stains
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(v) form by erosion
- The river washed a ravine into the mountainside
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(v) make moist
- The dew moistened the meadows
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(v) wash or flow against
- the waves laved the shore
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(v) to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
- The cat washes several times a day
Synonyms
rinse lavation washing lave dry wash launder washout backwash slipstream airstream race wash drawing laundry washables wash off wash away wash out moisten dampen lapSee also
wash up laveWords of close approximity
Waco
Wade
wadi
wads
waft
wage
waif
wail
wain
wait
wake
wale
walk
wall
wand
wane
wank
want
ward
ware
warm
warn
warp
wart
wary
wasp
WATS
Watt
waul
wave
wavy
wawl
waxy
ways
washable
washables
wash-and-wear
wash away
washbasin
washboard
washbowl
washcloth
washday
wash down
wash drawing
washed
washed-out
washed-up
washer
washerman
washerwoman
wash-hand basin
wash-hand stand
washhouse
washing
washing day
washing machine
washing powder
washing soda
Washington
Washington D.C.
Washingtonian
Washington Irving
Washington Monument
Washington's Birthday
washing-up
wash leather
wash off
wash one's hands
washout
wash out
washrag
washroom
wash room
washstand
washtub
washup
wash up
washwoman
washy