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wash
  1. The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
  2. A liquid used for washing.
  3. The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
  4. (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
  5. The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
  6. The wake of a moving ship.
  7. The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
  8. A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
  9. Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
  10. A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
  11. A shallow body of water.
  12. In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
  13. A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
  14. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
  15. In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
  16. A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
  17. A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
  18. (nautical) The blade of an oar.
  19. The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
  20. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
  21. (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
  22. Synonyms:
  23. Examples:
    1. “In the sink was a pile of dishes in need of a wash.”
      “I finally arrived home and went straight to the bathroom for a wash.”
      “Kathryn was cackling happily as she dropped Olivia's purple sock into the wash with her brother's white underclothes.”
washing
  1. (countable) The action of the verb to wash
  2. (uncountable, chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
  3. (countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
  4. The liquid used to wash an ore.
  5. A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
  6. A thin covering or coat.
  7. (stock exchange) A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
  8. (pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “The claimant himself paid for the washing of his car at this garage.”
      “Humming, she'd take the washing out into the garden, her fingers steady as she pegged socks and vests on the line.”
      “The thin washing of silver over the lead does not prevent it from being bad money.”
washer
  1. Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
  2. A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; (if female:) a washerwoman.
  3. A flat disk, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction or prevent leakage.
  4. A face cloth.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “She carefully inserted the washer between the joint to ensure a secure and stable connection.”
washery
  1. The place in the above-ground part of a coal mine where coal is washed.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The company says it will be a short-term measure while improvements are carried out to the coal washery at Kellingley.”
      “A railway along the top of the bank brings the coal from the screens or washery.”
      “When the mine closed in 1963, it left coke ovens, mounds of bony, the washery and network of rails.”
washy
  1. (childish) A wash, an act of washing.
washdown
  1. A particularly thorough washing.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The motor may be in a washdown area that they want to be as cleanable as possible.”
      “There is the washdown to do which basically means that every bit of kit has to be washed with clean water to stop the salt eating away at it.”
      “The washout and washdown water-closets are an improvement upon the hopper closets.”
washiness
  1. The state or quality of being washy.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I knew that the washiness of the cheap detergent would leave my clothes looking faded and dull.”
      “Five of twenty-one patients who reported stool washiness had diarrhea, but only 2 patients had serious symptoms.”
      “I like the combo and the layering of the washiness of the watercolor with the mandala imagery.”
washee
  1. One who is washed.
washinesses
washdowns
  1. plural of washdown
washings
washeries
  1. plural of washery
  2. Examples:
    1. “Factors such as the infrastructure committed to transporting millions of tonnes of coal from mines to washeries and then to power stations.”
      “In the new State of Chattisgarh, they own land, coal washeries, and a coal transportation business.”
washees
  1. plural of washee
washers
  1. plural of washer
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Then we punched a hole through the center and epoxied some steel washers there for reinforcement.”
      “Other options available include heated front seats, electronic climate control and high pressure headlight washers.”
      “Imports of such items as garbage disposals, filters, microwave ovens, and washers and dryers are expected to continue to expand.”
washies
  1. plural of washy
washes
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