Wash

noun

wɑʃ

Noun

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”
Similar:Washout
any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
“at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash”
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
Similar:AirstreamBackwashRaceSlipstream
Type of:Flow
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
Similar:LaundryWashablesWashing
Type of:Garment
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
Similar:LavationWashing
Type of:Work
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
Type of:Streambed
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
Type of:Water-colourWater-colorWatercolour
a thin coat of water-base paint

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?”
Type of:TakeRemoveWithdraw
cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
Similar:Lave
Type of:CleanseClean
admit to testing or proof
“This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court”
Type of:Stand
be capable of being washed
“Does this material wash?”
Type of:Be
form by erosion
“The river washed a ravine into the mountainside”
Type of:ErodeFret
move by or as if by water
“The swollen river washed away the footbridge”
Type of:DisplaceMove
to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
“The cat washes several times a day”
Type of:CleanCleanse
make moist
Similar:DampenMoisten
Type of:Wet
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
Similar:Launder
Type of:Clean
wash or flow against
Similar:Lap Lave
Type of:Flow
clean with some chemical process
Similar:Rinse
Type of:ServeProcess
apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
Type of:Cover
separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
Type of:Separate