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"

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washout

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soil_erosion wash_out rain-wash

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

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airstream backwash race slipstream

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flow

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

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wash_drawing

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watercolor

7)	garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

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laundry washables washing

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garment household_linen rinse launder

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"

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business_activity colloquialism

wash [v]

1)	clean with some chemical process

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rinse

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launder rinse laundry washer automatic_washer elute

2)	cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

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lave

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clean lavation lavage lave sponge_down scrub gargle shampoo hush

3)	cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"

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launder

See Also:

clean laundry laundry lavation washer automatic_washer water-wash rinse wash_out powerwash suds rinse cradle stone-wash hand-wash machine-wash acid-wash

4)	move by or as if by water; "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"

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displace

5)	be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?"

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be lavation launder

6)	admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"

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stand

7)	separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

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rinse separate rinse pan

8)	apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to

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cover whitewash

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"

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wash_away wash_off wash_out

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remove rinse wash_out

10)

form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"

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eat_away

11)

make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"

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