Definitions of wash in various dictionaries:
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a thin coat of water-base paint
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the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
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the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
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the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
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the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
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a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
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garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
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any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
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clean with some chemical process
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cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
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cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
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move by or as if by water
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be capable of being washed
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admit to testing or proof
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separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
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apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
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remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
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form by erosion
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make moist
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wash or flow against
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to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
To cleanse, using water or other liquid, usually with soap, detergent, or bleach, by immersing, dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing: wash one’s hands; wash windows.
To soak, rinse out, and remove (dirt or stain) with or as if with water: wash grease out of overalls.
To make moist or wet; drench: Tears washed the child’s cheeks.
To flow over, against, or past: waves that washed the sandy shores.
To carry, erode, remove, or destroy by the action of moving water: Heavy rains washed the topsoil away.
To rid of corruption or guilt; cleanse or purify: wash sins away.
To cover or coat with a watery layer of paint or other coloring substance.
Chemistry.
To purify (a gas) by passing through or over a liquid, as to remove soluble matter.
To pass a solvent, such as distilled water, through (a precipitate).
To separate constituents of (an ore) by immersion in or agitation with water.
To cause to undergo a swirling action: washed the tea around in the cup.
To cleanse something in or by means of water or other liquid.
To undergo washing without fading or other damage: This fabric will wash.
To hold up under examination; be convincing: “That [proclamation], of course, will not wash” (John Hughes).
To flow, sweep, or beat with a characteristic lapping sound: Waves washed over the pilings.
To be carried away, removed, or drawn by the action of water.
The act or process of washing or cleansing.
A quantity of articles washed or intended for washing: The wash is on the back porch.
Waste liquid; swill.
Fermented liquid from which liquor is distilled.
A preparation or product used in washing or coating.
A cosmetic or medicinal liquid, such as a mouthwash.
A thin layer of water color or India ink spread on a drawing.
A light tint or hue: “a wash of red sunset” (Thomas Pynchon).
A rush or surge of water or waves.
The sound of this rush or surge.
Removal or erosion of soil by the action of moving water.
A deposit of recently eroded debris.
Low or marshy ground washed by tidal waters.
A stretch of shallow water.
Western U.
Turbulence in air or water caused by the motion or action of an oar, propeller, jet, or airfoil.
An activity, action, or enterprise that yields neither marked gain nor marked loss: “[The company] doesn’t do badly.
Used for washing.
Being such that washing is possible; washable.
To clean by washing with water from top to bottom: wash down the walls.
To follow the ingestion of (food, for example) with the ingestion of a liquid: washed the cake down with coffee.
To remove or be removed by washing.
To cause to fade by laundering: color that had been washed out by bleach.
To carry or wear away or be carried or worn away by the action of moving water: The river rose and washed out the dam.
To deplete or become depleted of vitality: By evening, I was washed out from overwork.
To eliminate or be eliminated as unsatisfactory: a football player who was washed out; an officer candidate who washed out after one month.
To cause (an event) to be rained out.
To wash one’s hands.
To wash dishes after a meal.
To bring about the end or ruin of; finish.
To be revealed eventually: The real reasons for her resignation will come out in the wash.
To turn out well in the end: Don’t worry: this project will come out in the wash.
To refuse to accept responsibility for.
To abandon; re noun ce.
verb - to cleanse by immersing in or applying a liquid