Synonyms: wash, washing, lavation
Definition: the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
Similar words: work
Definition: activity directed toward making or doing something
Usage: she checked several points needing further work
Synonyms: wash
Definition: any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
Usage: at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash
Similar words: business activity, commercial activity
Definition: activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise
Synonyms: laundry, wash, washables, washing
Definition: garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
Similar words: garment
Definition: an article of clothing
Usage: garments of the finest silk
Similar words: white goods, household linen
Definition: drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth
Synonyms: wash, wash drawing
Definition: a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
Similar words: water-color, water-colour, watercolor, watercolour
Definition: a painting produced with watercolors
Synonyms: wash
Definition: a thin coat of water-base paint
Similar words: water-base paint
Definition: paint in which water is used as the vehicle
Definition: the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
Similar words: creek bed, streambed
Definition: a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream
Synonyms: airstream, backwash, wash, race, slipstream
Definition: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
Similar words: flow
Definition: any uninterrupted stream or discharge
Definition: the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
Usage: from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water
Similar words: soil erosion
Definition: the washing away of soil by the flow of water
Synonyms: wash
Definition: to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
Usage: The cat washes several times a day
Definition: clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
Usage: clean up before you see your grandparents; clean your fingernails before dinner
Definition: cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
Definition: clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
Usage: clean up before you see your grandparents; clean your fingernails before dinner
Definition: wash or flow against
Usage: the waves laved the shore
Similar words: flow
Definition: cover or swamp with water
Synonyms: wash, dampen, moisten
Definition: make moist
Usage: The dew moistened the meadows
Synonyms: wash
Definition: form by erosion
Usage: The river washed a ravine into the mountainside
Synonyms: wash, wash away, wash off, wash out
Definition: remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
Usage: 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
Similar words: remove, withdraw, take, take away
Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Usage: remove a threat; remove a wrapper; Remove the dirty dishes from the table; take the gun from your pocket; This machine withdraws heat from the environment
Synonyms: wash
Definition: apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
Similar words: cover
Definition: provide with a covering or cause to be covered
Usage: cover her face with a handkerchief; cover the child with a blanket; cover the grave with flowers
Definition: clean with some chemical process
Similar words: process, serve, swear out
Definition: deliver a warrant or summons to someone
Usage: He was processed by the sheriff
Definition: cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
Usage: Wash the towels, please!
Similar words: clean, make clean
Definition: make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
Usage: Clean the stove!; The dentist cleaned my teeth
Synonyms: wash
Definition: separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
Similar words: separate
Definition: divide into components or constituents
Usage: Separate the wheat from the chaff
Synonyms: wash
Definition: move by or as if by water
Usage: The swollen river washed away the footbridge
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: wash
Definition: admit to testing or proof
Usage: This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court
Synonyms: wash
Definition: be capable of being washed
Usage: Does this material wash?
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer