Wash Meaning

There are 21 meaning(s) for word Wash

Meaning 1 : the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

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

    Synonyms : washout
Meaning 2 : make moist

    Synonyms : dampen,  moisten
Meaning 3 : the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

    Synonyms : airstream,  backwash,  race,  slipstream
Meaning 4 : garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

    Synonyms : laundry,  washables,  washing
Meaning 5 : cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

    Synonyms : launder
Meaning 6 : remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

    Example : 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

    Synonyms : wash away,  wash off,  wash out
Meaning 7 : the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

    Synonyms : lavation,  washing
Meaning 8 : wash or flow against

    Synonyms : lap,  lave
Meaning 9 : clean with some chemical process

    Synonyms : rinse
Meaning 10 : the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

    Synonyms : dry wash
Meaning 11 : a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other

    Synonyms : wash drawing
Meaning 12 : cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

    Synonyms : lave
Meaning 13 : admit to testing or proof

    Example : This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court

Meaning 14 : any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

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

Meaning 15 : apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to

Meaning 16 : a thin coat of water-base paint

Meaning 17 : be capable of being washed

    Example : Does this material wash?

Meaning 18 : form by erosion

    Example : The river washed a ravine into the mountainside

Meaning 19 : move by or as if by water

    Example : The swollen river washed away the footbridge

Meaning 20 : separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

Meaning 21 : to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

    Example : The cat washes several times a day

How to Pronounce Wash

  • wɑʃ