Noun

• S: (n) wash (wash%1:06:02::) (a thin coat of water-base paint)
• S: (n) wash (wash%1:04:01::), washing (washing%1:04:00::), lavation (lavation%1:04:00::) (the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water))
• S: (n) wash (wash%1:17:00::), dry wash (dry_wash%1:17:00::) (the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon))
• S: (n) washout (washout%1:22:00::), wash (wash%1:22:00::) (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) slipstream (slipstream%1:19:00::), airstream (airstream%1:19:01::), race (race%1:19:00::), backwash (backwash%1:19:00::), wash (wash%1:19:00::) (the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller)
• S: (n) wash (wash%1:06:01::), wash drawing (wash_drawing%1:06:00::) (a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other)
• S: (n) laundry (laundry%1:06:01::), wash (wash%1:06:00::), washing (washing%1:06:00::), washables (washables%1:06:00::) (garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering)
• S: (n) wash (wash%1:04:00::) (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 (wash%2:35:02::), rinse (rinse%2:35:02::) (clean with some chemical process)
• S: (v) wash (wash%2:29:00::), lave (lave%2:29:00::) (cleanse (one's body) with soap and water)
• S: (v) wash (wash%2:35:00::), launder (launder%2:35:00::) (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water) "Wash the towels, please!"
• S: (v) wash (wash%2:38:01::) (move by or as if by water) "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"
• S: (v) wash (wash%2:42:00::) (be capable of being washed) "Does this material wash?"
• S: (v) wash (wash%2:42:12::) (admit to testing or proof) "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"
• S: (v) wash (wash%2:35:01::) (separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals))
• S: (v) wash (wash%2:35:10::) (apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to)
• S: (v) wash (wash%2:30:05::), wash out (wash_out%2:30:04::), wash off (wash_off%2:30:00::), wash away (wash_away%2:30:00::) (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 (wash%2:30:09::) (form by erosion) "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
• S: (v) moisten (moisten%2:30:00::), wash (wash%2:30:06::), dampen (dampen%2:30:01::) (make moist) "The dew moistened the meadows"
• S: (v) lave (lave%2:30:01::), lap (lap%2:30:02::), wash (wash%2:30:08::) (wash or flow against) "the waves laved the shore"
• S: (v) wash (wash%2:29:02::) (to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking) "The cat washes several times a day"