WASH
Scrabble letter values: W4A1S1H4 = 10
Definition
- noun a thin coat of water-base paint.
- noun the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water). — synonyms: washing, lavation
- noun the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon). — synonyms: dry_wash
- noun the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway). — synonyms: washout
- noun the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller. — synonyms: slipstream, airstream, race, backwash
- noun a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other. — synonyms: wash_drawing
- noun garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering. — synonyms: laundry, washing, washables
- noun any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out.
- verb clean with some chemical process. — synonyms: rinse
- verb cleanse (one's body) with soap and water. — synonyms: lave
- verb cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water. — synonyms: launder
- verb move by or as if by water.
- verb be capable of being washed.
- verb admit to testing or proof.
- verb separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals).
- verb apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to.
- verb remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent. — synonyms: wash_out, wash_off, wash_away
- verb form by erosion.
- verb make moist. — synonyms: moisten, dampen
- verb wash or flow against. — synonyms: lave, lap
- verb to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking.
Examples
- “from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water”
- “at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash”
- “Wash the towels, please!”