Meaning of "wash" : Online English Dictionary : Word Search by Wordhut.com

Meaning of wash

1. (n) the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

2. (n) 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. (n) garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

4. (n) a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other

5. (n) a thin coat of water-base paint

6. (n) the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

7. (n) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

8. (n) 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"

9. (v) to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day"

10. (v) cleanse (one''s body) with soap and water

11. (v) wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore"

12. (v) make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"

13. (v) form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"

14. (v) 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?"; "he managed to wash out the stains"

15. (v) apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to

16. (v) clean with some chemical process

17. (v) cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"

18. (v) separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

19. (v) move by or as if by water; "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"

20. (v) admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won''t wash in traffic court"

21. (v) be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?"

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