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wash::noun | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

Type	Words
Synonyms	washout
Type of	soil erosion
Has types	rain-wash

from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water.

wash::verb | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

make moist

Type	Words
Synonyms	dampen, moisten
Type of	wet
Has types	moisturise, humidify, moisturize, baste

wash::noun | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

Type	Words
Synonyms	airstream, backwash, race, slipstream
Type of	flow

wash::noun | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

Type	Words
Synonyms	laundry, washables, washing
Type of	garment, white goods, household linen

wash::verb | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

Type	Words
Synonyms	launder
Type of	clean, make clean
Has types	machine wash, water-wash, wash out, suds, stonewash, stone-wash, acid-wash, rinse off, cradle, rinse, hand-wash, handwash, pressure-wash, powerwash, machine-wash
Verb group	rinse
Derivation	washer, washable

wash::verb | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

Type	Words
Synonyms	wash away, wash off, wash out
Type of	take, remove, take away, withdraw
Verb group	wash out, rinse

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.

wash::noun | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

Type	Words
Synonyms	lavation, washing
Type of	work
Has types	soak, soaking, washing-up, washup, laundering, window-washing, dishwashing, bathing, ablution, rinse

wash::verb | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

wash or flow against

Type	Words
Synonyms	lap, lave
Type of	flow

wash::verb | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

clean with some chemical process

Type	Words
Synonyms	rinse
Type of	serve, swear out, process
Has types	elute
Verb group	wash away, wash off, launder, wash out
Derivation	washable, washer

wash::noun | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

Type	Words
Synonyms	dry wash
Type of	streambed, creek bed

wash::noun | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other

Type	Words
Synonyms	wash drawing
Type of	water-colour, water-color, watercolour, watercolor

wash::verb | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

Type	Words
Synonyms	lave
Type of	cleanse, clean
Has types	gargle, shampoo, scrub up, scrub, hush, sponge down, rinse
Derivation	washing

wash::verb | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

admit to testing or proof

Type	Words
Type of	stand

This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court.

wash::noun | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

Type	Words
Type of	commercial activity, business activity

at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash.

wash::verb | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to

Type	Words
Type of	cover
Has types	whitewash

wash::noun | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

a thin coat of water-base paint

Type	Words
Type of	water-base paint
Has types	blackwash, whitewash, colour wash, calcimine, color wash

wash::verb | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

be capable of being washed

Type	Words
Type of	be
Verb group	launder
Derivation	washable

Does this material wash?.

wash::verb | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

form by erosion

Type	Words
Type of	erode, fret, eat away

The river washed a ravine into the mountainside.

wash::verb | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

move by or as if by water

Type	Words
Type of	displace, move

The swollen river washed away the footbridge.

wash::verb | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

Type	Words
Type of	separate
Has types	pan out, pan, pan off
Verb group	rinse

wash::verb | Spocien Dictionary

wash

/wɑʃ/

to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

Type	Words
Type of	clean, cleanse
Verb group	lave

The cat washes several times a day.