Hyphenation of wash

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wash

Definitions of wash:

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
9.
Clean with some chemical process
10.
Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
11.
Cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
Wash the towels
12.
Please!
13.
Move by or as if by water
The swollen river washed away the footbridge
14.
Be capable of being washed
Does this material wash?
15.
Admit to testing or proof
This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court
16.
Separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
17.
Apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
18.
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
19.
Form by erosion
The river washed a ravine into the mountainside
20.
Make moist
The dew moistened the meadows
21.
Wash or flow against
The waves laved the shore
22.
To cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
The cat washes several times a day

Synonyms of wash:

nounwater-base paint
noun washing, lavation, work
noundry wash, streambed, creek bed
noun washout, soil erosion
noun slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, flow
nounwash drawing, watercolor, watercolour
noun laundry, washing, washables, garment, white goods, household linen
nounbusiness activity, commercial activity
verb rinse, launder
verb lave, cleanse, clean, wash up
verb launder, clean, make clean
verb move, displace
verb be
verb stand
verb separate
verb cover
verbwash out, wash off, wash away, remove, take, take away, withdraw
verb erode, eat away, fret
verb moisten, dampen, wet
verb lave, lap, flow
verb cleanse, clean

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