Wash

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NOUN

a thin coat of water-base paint

the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other

garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

VERB

clean with some chemical process

cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

move by or as if by water

be capable of being washed

admit to testing or proof

separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to

remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

form by erosion

make moist

wash or flow against

to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

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