Topic: wash
Definition:

  • 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" 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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