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wash - Dictionary definition and meaning for word wash

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

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