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wash
verb (washes , washed , washing )
1 to cleanse someone or something with water or other liquid, and usually soap or detergent.
2 intr to cleanse oneself, or one's hands and face, with water, etc.
3 intr said of a fabric or dye: to withstand washing without change or damage.
4 tr & intr (usu wash away, off, out, etc or wash something away, off, out, etc ) said of dirt or a stain: to be removed, or remove it, through washing.
5 tr & intr said of an animal: to lick (itself or its young, etc) clean.
6 to moisten or wet (eg an injured part).
7 (usu wash against or over something) said of a river, the sea, waves, etc: to flow against or over (a place or land feature, etc).
8 (often wash something away) said of flowing water: to carry it off by force.
9 said of flowing water: to erode or gouge out (a channel, etc) in the landscape.
10 to apply a thin layer of metal, paint, etc to.
11 intr , colloq to stand the test; to bear investigation That excuse just won't wash .
12 mining to separate (ore) from earth with a flow of water.
13 literary to spread over something.
noun (washes )
1 the process of washing or being washed.
2 a quantity of clothes, etc for washing, or just washed.
3 the breaking of waves against something; the sound of this.
4 the rough water or disturbed air left by a ship or aircraft.
5 (often in compounds ) a lotion or other preparation for cleansing or washing facewash .
6 kitchen slops or brewery waste, etc for giving to pigs.
7 art a thin application of water colour.
[Anglo-Saxon wæscan ]
come out in the wash
1 said of a mark or stain, etc: to disappear after washing.
2 colloq to turn out satisfactorily, or become intelligible, in the end.
wash one's hands of something or someone to abandon responsibility for it or them.
wash something down
1 to wash it from top to bottom.
2 to ease (a pill) down one's throat, or accompany or follow (food), with a drink.
wash up or wash something up to wash the dishes and cutlery after a meal.

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