Noun
1. a thin coat of water-base paint
2. the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
3. the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
4. 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"5. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
6. a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
7. garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
8. any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out;
"at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"Verb
1. clean with some chemical process
2. cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
3. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water;
"Wash the towels, please!"4. move by or as if by water;
"The swollen river washed away the footbridge"5. be capable of being washed;
"Does this material wash?"6. admit to testing or proof;
"This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"7. separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
8. apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
9. 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"10. form by erosion;
"The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"11. make moist;
"The dew moistened the meadows"12. wash or flow against;
"the waves laved the shore"13. to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking;
"The cat washes several times a day"