wash [ wɔʃ, wɔ:ʃ ]

• n.
  • a thin coat of water-base paint
  • the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

    同义词： washing lavation

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

    同义词： dry wash

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

    "from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water"

    同义词： washout

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

    同义词： slipstream airstream race backwash

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

    同义词： wash drawing

  • garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

    同义词： laundry washing washables

  • any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

    "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"

• v.
  • clean with some chemical process

    同义词： rinse

  • cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

    同义词： lave

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

    同义词： launder

  • move by or as if by water

    "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"

  • be capable of being washed

    "Does this material wash?"

  • admit to testing or proof

    "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"

  • 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

    "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"

    同义词： wash out wash off wash away

  • form by erosion

    "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"

  • make moist

    同义词： moisten dampen

  • wash or flow against

    同义词： lave lap

  • to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

    "The cat washes several times a day"

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