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,
  • (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
    washout,
  • (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,
  • (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,
  • (v) cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
    • Wash the towels, please!
    launder,
  • (v) move by or as if by water
    • The swollen river washed away the footbridge
  • (v) be capable of being washed
    • Does this material wash?
  • (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
  • (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
    wash off, wash away, wash out,
  • (v) form by erosion
    • The river washed a ravine into the mountainside
  • (v) make moist
    • The dew moistened the meadows
    moisten, dampen,
  • (v) wash or flow against
    • the waves laved the shore
    lave, lap,
  • (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 lap

See also

wash up lave

Words of close approximity

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