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Wash

verb

(past & past part. washed; pres. part. washing)

1.

Clean with some chemical process. Synonym: rinse.

2.

Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water. Synonym: lave.

3.

Cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water. Synonym: launder.

4.

Move by or as if by water.

5.

Be capable of being washed.

6.

Admit to testing or proof.

7.

Separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals).

8.

Apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to.

9.

Remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent. Synonyms: wash away, wash off, wash out. "The nurse washed away the blood" , "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?" , "He managed to wash out the stains"

10.

Form by erosion.

11.

Make moist. Synonyms: dampen, moisten.

12.

Wash or flow against. Synonyms: lap, lave.

13.

To cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking.

noun

1.

A thin coat of water-base paint.

2.

The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water). Synonyms: lavation, washing.

3.

The dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon). Synonym: dry wash.

4.

The erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway). Synonym: washout.

5.

The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller. Synonyms: airstream, backwash, race, slipstream.

6.

A watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other. Synonym: wash drawing.

7.

Garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering. Synonyms: laundry, washables, washing.

8.

Any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out.

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"Wash" Quotes from Famous Books

... each other's brains because they are not strong enough to settle your differences by peaceful means, by all means get through the beastly business as soon as possible; but pray don't trouble me with your petitions for assistance; both sides are fools, and I wash my hands of ...

— Flowers of Freethought - (First Series) • George W. Foote

... neighbour, stood another female "Briton," with the come-into-my-parlour expression of countenance, regarding us as prey. Under the circumstances, exhausted nature gave in; though saved from Scylla, our destiny was Charybdis, and we accordingly surrendered ourselves to a wash, breakfast, and the Brahminee Bull. During the day, we had a visit from a friend and ex-brother officer, whom we had promised to stay with, at "Kussowlie," on our road up. Kalka was not HOT, but GRILLING, so that a speedy ascent to the station was soon ...

— Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet • by William Henry Knight

... to sleep in sheltering flame, O Master of the Hidden Fire; Wash pure my heart, and cleanse for me ...

— The Torch Bearer - A Camp Fire Girls' Story • I. T. Thurston

... you," said her father, who just then entered after a hasty "wash down" in a tub placed at the back of the house, "there are a lot of native dogs about, and ...

— Tom Gerrard - 1904 • Louis Becke

... mystery ahead, a green light grew and crept down upon us. A giant shape loomed up, and frowned crushingly upon the little craft. A blaze of light, the jangle of a bell, and it was past. We were dancing in the wash of one of the Scotch steamers, and ...

— The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu • Sax Rohmer

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