wash

wash (http://definr.com/wash)

     n 1: a thin coat of water-base paint
     2: the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) [syn: washing,
         lavation]
     3: (western United States) the dry bed of an intermittent
        stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) [syn: dry wash]
     4: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft
        propeller [syn: slipstream, airstream, race, backwash]
     5: a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes
        one over the other [syn: wash drawing]
     6: garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
        [syn: laundry, washing, washables]
     7: (informal) any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel
        out
     v 1: clean with some chemical process [syn: rinse]
     2: cleanse (one's body) with soap and water [syn: lave]
     3: cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water;
        "Wash the towels, please!" [syn: launder]
     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" [syn: wash out, wash off, wash away]
     10: form by erosion: "The river washed a ravine into the
         mountainside"
     11: make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows" [syn: moisten,
          dampen]
     12: to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking, as of a
         cat; "The cat washes several times a day"