wash

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[clean#Verb|clean]] with [[water]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[carry away]] or [[erode]] by the [[force]] of water in motion.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To clean oneself with water.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cover]] with water or any liquid; to [[wet#Verb|wet]]; to fall on and moisten.
6. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move with a [[lapping]] or [[swash]]ing sound; to lap or [[splash]].
7. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To withstand being washed without impairment, as clothing, especially dyed clothing.
8. {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively|chiefly in the negative}} To be [[cogent]], [[convincing]]; to withstand [[critique]].
9. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To bear without [[damage]] the operation of being washed; to be [[suitable]] for washing.
10. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cover]] with a [[thin]] or watery [[coat]] of [[colour]]; to [[tint#Verb|tint]] lightly and thinly.
11. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[overlay]] with a thin coat of [[metal]].
12. {{lb|en|chemistry|transitive}} To pass or extract (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a [[liquid]] for the purpose of [[purify]]ing it, especially by removing [[soluble]] [[constituent]]s.

Noun

1. The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
2. A liquid used for washing.
3. A [[lotion]] or other liquid with medicinal or [[hygienic]] properties.
4. The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
5. {{lb|en|arts}} A smooth and [[translucent]] [[painting#Noun|painting]] created using a [[paintbrush]] holding a large amount of [[solvent#Noun|solvent]] and a small amount of [[paint#Noun|paint]].
6. The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
7. The [[bow wave]], [[wake]], or [[vortex]] of an object moving in a fluid, in particular:
8. {{lb|en|nautical}} The [[blade]] of an [[oar]].
9. Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
10. A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a [[bog]]; a [[marsh]].
11. A shallow body of water.
12. {{senseid|en|dry stream bed}} In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream.

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