wash (noun)
1: a thin coat of water-base paint
2: the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) [syn: washing, lavation]
3: the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) [syn: dry wash]
4: 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" [syn: washout]
5: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller [syn: slipstream, airstream, race, backwash]
6: a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other [syn: wash drawing]
7: garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering [syn: laundry, washing, washables]
8: any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"
wash
(verb)
1: clean with some chemical process [syn: rinse]
2: cleanse (one's body) with soap and water [syn: lave]
3: cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!" [syn: launder]
4: move by or as if by water; "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"
5: be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?"
6: admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"
7: separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
8: apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
9: 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" [syn: wash out, wash off, wash away]
10: form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
11: make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows" [syn: moisten, dampen]
12: wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore" [syn: lave, lap]
13: to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day"