WASH

Definition

1. noun a thin coat of water-base paint.
2. noun the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water). — synonyms: washing, lavation
3. noun the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon). — synonyms: dry_wash
4. noun the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway). — synonyms: washout
5. noun the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller. — synonyms: slipstream, airstream, race, backwash
6. noun a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other. — synonyms: wash_drawing
7. noun garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering. — synonyms: laundry, washing, washables
8. noun any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out.
9. verb clean with some chemical process. — synonyms: rinse
10. verb cleanse (one's body) with soap and water. — synonyms: lave
11. verb cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water. — synonyms: launder
12. verb move by or as if by water.
13. verb be capable of being washed.
14. verb admit to testing or proof.
15. verb separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals).
16. verb apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to.
17. verb remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent. — synonyms: wash_out, wash_off, wash_away
18. verb form by erosion.
19. verb make moist. — synonyms: moisten, dampen
20. verb wash or flow against. — synonyms: lave, lap
21. verb to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking.