• the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
• any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a Wash"
• garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
• a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome Washes one over the other
• a thin coat of water-base paint
• the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
• 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"
• to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat Washes several times a day"
• cleanse (one''s body) with soap and water
• Wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore"
• make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"
• form by erosion; "The river Washed a ravine into the mountainside"
• 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"
• apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
• clean with some chemical process
• cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"
• separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
• move by or as if by water; "The swollen river Washed away the footbridge"
• admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won''t Wash in traffic court"
• be capable of being Washed; "Does this material Wash?"

'Wash' in other languages