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wash

/ wash /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
Type of:
work
Kinds of:
washup bathing ablution dishwashing washing-up
Derived:
wash up lave launder
verb Sense 2
form by erosion
"The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
Type of:
erode eat away fret
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
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"
Type of:
remove take take away
Verb group:
rinse wash out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
Type of:
cover
Kinds of:
whitewash
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
clean with some chemical process
Type of:
launder
Kinds of:
elute
Derived:
rinse laundry washing washables washer
Verb group:
launder wash out wash off wash away
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 6
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
"Wash the towels, please!"
Type of:
clean make clean
Kinds of:
water-wash rinse wash out pressure-wash powerwash
Derived:
laundry washing washables lavation washer
Verb group:
rinse
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 7
separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
Type of:
separate
Kinds of:
pan pan out pan off
Verb group:
rinse
Entails:
rinse rinse off
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 8
move by or as if by water
"The swollen river washed away the footbridge"
Type of:
move displace
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 9
admit to testing or proof
"This silly excuse won''t wash in traffic court"
Type of:
stand
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 10
be capable of being washed
"Does this material wash?"
Type of:
be
Derived:
washing lavation
Verb group:
launder
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something from somebody
verb Sense 11
cleanse (one''s body) with soap and water
Type of:
cleanse clean
Kinds of:
sponge down scrub scrub up gargle rinse
Derived:
washing lavation lavage
See also:
wash up lave
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 12
any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
"at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"
Type of:
business activity commercial activity
Domain:
colloquialism
noun Sense 13
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
Type of:
watercolor watercolour
noun Sense 14
a thin coat of water-base paint
Type of:
water-base paint
Kinds of:
blackwash calcimine color wash colour wash whitewash
noun Sense 15
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
Type of:
streambed creek bed
Domain:
West western United States
verb Sense 16
to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
"The cat washes several times a day"
Type of:
cleanse clean
Derived:
washing lavation
Verb group:
lave
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun Sense 17
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"
Type of:
soil erosion
Kinds of:
rain-wash
Derived:
wash out
noun Sense 18
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
Type of:
garment white goods household linen
Derived:
rinse launder
verb Sense 19
make moist
"The dew moistened the meadows"
Type of:
wet
Kinds of:
humidify moisturize moisturise baste
Derived:
dampener moistener moistening dampening moisture
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 20
wash or flow against
"the waves laved the shore"
Type of:
flow
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 21
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
Type of:
flow
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
21
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
106
Times Searched
3
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work washup bathing ablution dishwashing washing-up erode eat away fret remove take take away