Definitions from Wiktionary (WASH)
▸ verb: To clean with water.
▸ verb: (transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
▸ verb: (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
▸ verb: (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
▸ verb: To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
▸ verb: To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
▸ verb: (transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
▸ noun: The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
▸ noun: A liquid used for washing.
▸ noun: A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
▸ noun: The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
▸ noun: (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
▸ noun: The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
▸ noun: The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular:
▸ noun: The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
▸ noun: The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
▸ noun: The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
▸ noun: (nautical) The blade of an oar.
▸ noun: Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: A shallow body of water.
▸ noun: In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
▸ noun: A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
▸ noun: (finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
▸ noun: Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
▸ noun: In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
▸ noun: A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
▸ noun: A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
▸ noun: Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
▸ noun: (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
▸ noun: (television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
▸ noun: (stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
▸ noun: (with the) An estuary of great ecological importance in eastern England.
▸ noun: A diminutive of the male given name Washington.
▸ noun: Acronym of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. [A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines]
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▸ verb: To clean with water.
▸ verb: (transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
▸ verb: (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
▸ verb: (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
▸ verb: To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
▸ verb: To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
▸ verb: (transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
▸ noun: The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
▸ noun: A liquid used for washing.
▸ noun: A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
▸ noun: The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
▸ noun: (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
▸ noun: The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
▸ noun: The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular:
▸ noun: The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
▸ noun: The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
▸ noun: The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
▸ noun: (nautical) The blade of an oar.
▸ noun: Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: A shallow body of water.
▸ noun: In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
▸ noun: A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
▸ noun: (finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
▸ noun: Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
▸ noun: In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
▸ noun: A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
▸ noun: A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
▸ noun: Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
▸ noun: (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
▸ noun: (television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
▸ noun: (stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
▸ noun: (with the) An estuary of great ecological importance in eastern England.
▸ noun: A diminutive of the male given name Washington.
▸ noun: Acronym of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. [A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines]
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