S: (n) wash, dry wash (the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon))
S: (n) washout, wash (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"
S: (n) wash (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
S: (v) wash, rinse (clean with some chemical process)
S: (v) wash, lave (cleanse (one's body) with soap and water)
S: (v) wash, launder (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water) "Wash the towels, please!"
S: (v) wash (move by or as if by water) "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"
S: (v) wash (be capable of being washed) "Does this material wash?"
S: (v) wash (admit to testing or proof) "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"
S: (v) wash (separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals))
S: (v) wash (apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to)
S: (v) wash, wash out, wash off, wash away (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"
S: (v) wash (form by erosion) "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"