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Wash
wɒʃ
- clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent
"Auntie Lou had washed all their clothes"
clean cleanse sponge scrub wipe scour clean cleanse sponge scrub mop hose down squeegee sluice (down) swill (down) douse swab (down) flush disinfect launder clean rinse (out) shampoo lather clean- clean oneself with soap and water
"he reached for the soap and began to wash"
- (with reference to a stain or dirt) remove or be removed by cleaning with water and detergent
"they have to keep washing the mould off the walls"
- (of fabric, a garment, or dye) withstand cleaning to a specified degree without shrinking or fading
"a linen-mix yarn which washes well"
- do one's laundry
"I need someone to cook and wash for me"
- wet or moisten (something) thoroughly
"you are beautiful with your face washed with rain"
- (of flowing water) carry (someone or something) in a particular direction
"floods washed away the bridges"
sweep carry convey transport move deliver deposit drive erode abrade wear away corrode eat away eat into denude grind down undermine- be carried by flowing water
"an oil slick washed up on the beaches"
- (especially of waves) sweep or splash in a particular direction
"the sea began to wash along the decks"
- (of a river, sea, or lake) flow through or lap against (a country, coast, etc.)
"offshore islands washed by warm blue seas"
- sift metallic particles from (earth or gravel) by running water through it
"the sand has been churned and washed by miners"
- brush with a thin coat of dilute paint or ink
"the walls were washed with shades of umber"
- coat inferior metal with (a film of gold or silver from a solution)
"copper washed with silver"
- seem convincing or genuine
"charm won't wash with this crew"
be accepted be acceptable be plausible be convincing hold up hold water stand up bear scrutiny stand the test of time be believable/credible pass muster prove true make sense
- an act of washing something or an instance of being washed
"her hair needs a wash"
- a quantity of clothes needing to be or just having been washed
"she hung out her Tuesday wash"
- the water or air disturbed by a moving boat or aircraft
"the wash of a motorboat"
- the breaking of waves on a shore
"the wash of waves on the pebbled beach"
- an inlet of the North Sea on the east coast of England between Norfolk and Lincolnshire
- a medicinal or cleansing solution
"citrus-scented body wash"
- a layer of paint or metal spread thinly on a surface
"the walls were covered with a pale lemon wash"
- silt or gravel carried by a stream or river and deposited as sediment
- a sandbank exposed only at low tide
- kitchen slops and other food waste fed to pigs
- malt fermenting in preparation for distillation
- a situation or result that is of no benefit to either of two opposing sides
"the plan's impact on jobs would be a wash, creating as many as it costs"