wash


Meanings

  • 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)
  • 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"
  • the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
  • a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
  • garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
  • any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out;
    • "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"
  • clean with some chemical process
  • cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
  • cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water;
  • 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"
  • form by erosion;
    • "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
  • make moist;
  • wash or flow against;
  • to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking;
    • "The cat washes several times a day"
  • WASH v -ED, -ING, -ES to cleanse by immersing in or applying a liquid


Scrabble Score: 10

wash is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

wash is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

wash is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 9

wash is a valid Words With Friends word