wash
verb
[ wɒʃ ]
• clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent.
• "Auntie Lou had washed all their clothes"
Similar:
clean,
cleanse,
sponge,
scrub,
wipe,
scour,
lave,
mop,
hose down,
squeegee,
sluice (down),
swill (down),
douse,
swab (down),
flush,
disinfect,
launder,
rinse (out),
dry-clean,
shampoo,
lather,
• (of flowing water) carry (someone or something) in a particular direction.
• "floods washed away the bridges"
Similar:
sweep,
carry,
convey,
transport,
move,
deliver,
deposit,
drive,
erode,
abrade,
wear away,
corrode,
eat away,
eat into,
denude,
grind down,
undermine,
• brush with a thin coat of dilute paint or ink.
• "the walls were washed with shades of umber"
Similar:
paint,
colour,
apply paint to,
tint,
highlight,
shade,
dye,
stain,
distemper,
coat,
cover,
• seem convincing or genuine.
• "charm won't wash with this crew"
Similar:
be accepted,
be acceptable,
be plausible,
be convincing,
hold up,
hold water,
stand up,
bear scrutiny,
stand the test of time,
be believable/credible,
pass muster,
prove true,
make sense,
stick,
wash
noun
• an act of washing something or an instance of being washed.
• "her hair needs a wash"
Similar:
clean,
cleaning,
cleansing,
shower,
douche,
dip,
bath,
soak,
ablutions,
lavation,
• the water or air disturbed by a moving boat or aircraft.
• "the wash of a motorboat"
• an inlet of the North Sea on the east coast of England between Norfolk and Lincolnshire.
• a medicinal or cleansing solution.
• "citrus-scented body wash"
• a layer of paint or metal spread thinly on a surface.
• "the walls were covered with a pale lemon wash"
• silt or gravel carried by a stream or river and deposited as sediment.
• kitchen slops and other food waste fed to pigs.
• malt fermenting in preparation for distillation.
• a situation or result that is of no benefit to either of two opposing sides.
• "the plan's impact on jobs would be a wash, creating as many as it costs"
Origin:
Old English wæscan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wassen, German waschen, also to water.
Wash.
abbreviation
• Washington.
