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wash

noun
  1. the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
    washinglavation
  2. any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
    “at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash”
  3. garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
    washinglaundrywashables
  4. a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
    wash drawing
  5. a thin coat of water-base paint
  6. the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
    dry wash
  7. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
    racebackwashslipstreamairstream
  8. the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water, as from a roadway
    “I watched the wash remove mud from our driveway.”
    washout
verb
  1. to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
    “The cat washes several times a day”
  2. cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
    lave
  3. wash or flow against
    lap
  4. make moist
    moistendampen
  5. form by erosion
    “The river washed a ravine into the mountainside”
  6. remove by the application of water, other liquid, soap or other cleaning agent
    “I washed the dirt from my coat.”
    wash outwash offwash away
  7. apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
  8. clean with some chemical process
    rinse
  9. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
    launder
  10. separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
  11. move by or as if by water
    “The swollen river washed away the footbridge”
  12. admit to testing or proof
    “This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court”
  13. be capable of being washed
    “Does this material wash?”