Meaning of wash
Definition of wash
(noun)
a
thin
coat
of water-base
paint
the
work
of
cleansing
(usually with
soap
and water)
the dry bed of an
intermittent
stream
(as at the
bottom
of a canyon)
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"
the
flow
of air that is
driven
backwards
by an
aircraft
propeller
a
watercolor
made
by applying a
series
of
monochrome
washes one
over
the
other
garments or
white
goods that can be cleaned by
laundering
any
enterprise
in which
losses
and gains
cancel
out; "at the end of the
year
the
accounting
department
showed that it was a wash"
(verb)
clean
with
some
chemical
process
cleanse
(one's body) with
soap
and
water
cleanse
with a
cleaning
agent,
such
as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"
move
by or as if by water; "The
swollen
river
washed
away
the footbridge"
be
capable
of
being
washed; "Does this
material
wash?"
admit
to
testing
or proof; "This
silly
excuse
won't
wash
in
traffic
court"
separate
dirt
or
gravel
from (precious minerals)
apply
a
thin
coating
of paint, metal, etc., to
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"
form
by erosion; "The
river
washed
a
ravine
into the mountainside"
make
moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"
wash
or
flow
against; "the waves laved the shore"
to
cleanse
(itself or
another
animal) by licking; "The cat washes
several
times
a day"
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