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)
[ Syn: 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
[ Syn: washout ]
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
[ Syn: slipstream , airstream , race , backwash ]
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
[ Syn: wash drawing ]
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
[ Syn: laundry , laundry , washing , washing , washables , 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'
wash (n.)
clean with some chemical process
[ Syn: rinse ]
form by erosion; The river washed a ravine into the mountainside'
make moist; The dew moistened the meadows
wash or flow against; the waves laved the shore
to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; The cat washes several times a day'
cleanse (ones body) with soap and water
[ Syn: lave ]
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; Wash the towels, please!
[ Syn: 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