WASH

WASH -  the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water); any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other; a thin coat of water-base paint; the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon); garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering; the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller; the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); verb to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; cleanse (one's body) with soap and water; form by erosion; remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to; clean with some chemical process; cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals); move by or as if by water; admit to testing or proof; be capable of being washed; wash or flow against; make moist

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