1. wash - noun
· a thin coat of water-base paint
Hypernym(s): water-base_paint
2. wash - noun
· the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
Hypernym(s): work
3. wash - noun
· the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
Synonym(s): dry_wash
Hypernym(s): streambed, creek_bed
4. wash - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): washout
Hypernym(s): soil_erosion
5. wash - noun
· the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
Synonym(s): slipstream, airstream, race, backwash
Hypernym(s): flow
6. wash - noun
· a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
Synonym(s): wash_drawing
Hypernym(s): watercolor, water-color, watercolour, water-colour
7. wash - noun
· garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
Synonym(s): laundry, washing, washables
Hypernym(s): garment, white_goods, household_linen
8. wash - noun
· any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"
Hypernym(s): business_activity, commercial_activity
9. wash - verb
· clean with some chemical process
Synonym(s): rinse
Hypernym(s): serve, process, swear_out
10. wash - verb
· cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
Synonym(s): lave
11. wash - verb
· cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"
Synonym(s): launder
Hypernym(s): clean, make_clean
12. wash - verb
· move by or as if by water; "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"
13. wash - verb
· be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?"
Hypernym(s): be
14. wash - verb
· admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"
Hypernym(s): stand
15. wash - verb
· separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
Hypernym(s): separate
16. wash - verb
· apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
Hypernym(s): cover
17. wash - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): wash_out, wash_off, wash_away
Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw
18. wash - verb
· form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
Hypernym(s): erode, eat_away, fret
19. wash - verb
· make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"
Hypernym(s): wet
20. wash - verb
· wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore"
Hypernym(s): flow
21. wash - verb
· to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day"
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