WASH

wash, washing, lavation

(noun) the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

wash

(noun) any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; “at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash”

laundry, wash, washing, washables

(noun) garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

wash, wash drawing

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

wash

(noun) a thin coat of water-base paint

wash, dry wash

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

slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash

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

washout, wash

(noun) 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”

wash

(verb) to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; “The cat washes several times a day”

wash, lave

(verb) cleanse (one’s body) with soap and water

lave, lap, wash

(verb) wash or flow against; “the waves laved the shore”

moisten, wash, dampen

(verb) make moist; “The dew moistened the meadows”

wash

(verb) form by erosion; “The river washed a ravine into the mountainside”

wash, wash out, wash off, wash away

(verb) 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”

wash, rinse

(verb) clean with some chemical process

wash, launder

(verb) cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; “Wash the towels, please!”

wash

(verb) separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

wash

(verb) move by or as if by water; “The swollen river washed away the footbridge”

wash

(verb) be capable of being washed; “Does this material wash?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

wash (third-person singular simple present washes, present participle washing, simple past and past participle washed)

To clean with water.

(transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.

(mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.

(intransitive) To clean oneself with water.

(transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.

(intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.

(intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.

(intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.

(intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.

(intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.

To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.

To overlay with a thin coat of metal.

(transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.

(transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.

Usage notes

In older works and possibly still in some dialects, wesh and woosh may be found as past tense forms. Washen may be found as a past participle.

Noun

wash (plural washes)

The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.

A liquid used for washing.

A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.

The quantity of clothes washed at a time.

(arts) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.

The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g, on the shore.

The wake of a moving ship.

The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.

Ground washed away to the sea or a river.

A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.

A shallow body of water.

In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.

A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.

(finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.

Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc, from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.

In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.

A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.

A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.

(nautical) The blade of an oar.

The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.

Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.

(architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.

(television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.

(stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.

Synonyms

• lavatory

Anagrams

• Shaw, Wahs, haws, shaw, shwa, wahs

Noun

WASH (uncountable)

Acronym of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.

Anagrams

• Shaw, Wahs, haws, shaw, shwa, wahs

Proper noun

the Wash

The square-shaped bay and estuary on the northwest margin of East Anglia in England.

Proper noun

Wash

A diminutive of the male given name Washington.

Anagrams

• Shaw, Wahs, haws, shaw, shwa, wahs

Source: Wiktionary

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Wash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Washed; p. pr. & vb. n. Washing.] Etym: [OE. waschen, AS. wascan; akin to D. wasschen, G. waschen, OHG. wascan, Icel. & Sw. vaska, Dan. vaske, and perhaps to E. water. sq. root150.]

1. To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, . . . he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person. Matt. xxvii. 24.

2. To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves wash the shore. Fresh-blown roses washed with dew. Milton. [The landscape] washed with a cold, gray mist. Longfellow.

3. To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.

4. To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; -- often with away, off, out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the hands. Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins. Acts xxii. 16. The tide will wash you off. Shak.

5. To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly.

6. To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver. To wash gold, etc., to treat earth or gravel, or crushed ore, with water, in order to separate the gold or other metal, or metallic ore, through their superior gravity.

– To wash the hands of. See under Hand.

Wash, v. i.

1. To perform the act of ablution. Wash in Jordan seven times. 2 Kings v. 10.

2. To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water. "She can wash and scour." Shak.

3. To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash. [Colloq.]

4. To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; -- said of road, a beach, etc.

Wash, n.

1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once.

2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire. "The Wash of Edmonton so gay." Cowper. These Lincoln washes have devoured them. Shak.

3. Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc. The wash of pastures, fields, commons, and roads, where rain water hath a long time settled. Mortimer.

4. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs. Shak.

5. (Distilling) (a) The fermented wort before the spirit is extracted. (b) A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation. B. Edwards.

6. That with which anything is washed, or wetted, smeared, tinted, etc., upon the surface. Specifically: -- (a) A liquid cosmetic for the complexion. (b) A liquid dentifrice. (c) A liquid preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash. (d) A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion. (e) (Painting) A thin coat of color, esp. water color. (j) A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.

7. (Naut.) (a) The blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the water. (b) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.

8. The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it.

9. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters. [Prov. Eng.] Wash ball, a ball of soap to be used in washing the hands or face. Swift.

– Wash barrel (Fisheries), a barrel nearly full of split mackerel, loosely put in, and afterward filled with salt water in order to soak the blood from the fish before salting.

– Wash bottle. (Chem.) (a) A bottle partially filled with some liquid through which gases are passed for the purpose of purifying them, especially by removing soluble constituents. (b) A washing bottle. See under Washing.

– Wash gilding. See Water gilding.

– Wash leather, split sheepskin dressed with oil, in imitation of chamois, or shammy, and used for dusting, cleaning glass or plate, etc.; also, alumed, or buff, leather for soldiers' belts.

Wash, a.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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