wash


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v. cleansing; rinsing; cleaning; cleaning laundry; erode; flood; be rinsed; be flooded; coat with a color
 
n. cleansing; rinsing; cleaning; laundry; washable items; detergent; erosion; sweeping of waves; coating
 
adj. washable, launderable

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Noun
1. a thin coat of water-base paint
(hypernym) water-base paint
(hyponym) blackwash
2. the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
(synonym) washing, lavation
(hypernym) work
(hyponym) washup, bathing
(part-meronym) rinse, rinsing
3. the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
(synonym) dry wash
(hypernym) streambed, creek bed
(classification) West, western United States
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"
(synonym) washout
(hypernym) soil erosion
(hyponym) rain-wash
5. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
(synonym) slipstream, airstream, race, backwash
(hypernym) flow
6. a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
(synonym) wash drawing
(hypernym) watercolor, watercolour
7. garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
(synonym) laundry, washing, washables
(hypernym) garment
(derivation) rinse
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"
(hypernym) business activity, commercial activity
(classification) colloquialism

Verb
1. clean with some chemical process
(synonym) rinse
(hypernym) launder
(hyponym) elute
(verb-group) launder
(derivation) laundry, washing, washables
2. cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
(synonym) lave
(hypernym) cleanse, clean
(hyponym) sponge down
(see-also) wash up, lave
(derivation) washing, lavation
3. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"
(synonym) launder
(hypernym) clean, make clean
(hyponym) water-wash
(derivation) laundry, washing, washables
4. move by or as if by water; "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"
(hypernym) move, displace
5. be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?"
(hypernym) be
(verb-group) launder
(derivation) washing, lavation
6. admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"
(hypernym) stand
7. separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
(hypernym) separate
(hyponym) pan, pan out, pan off
(entail) rinse, rinse off
(verb-group) rinse
8. apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
(hypernym) cover
(hyponym) whitewash
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"
(synonym) wash out, wash off, wash away
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
(verb-group) rinse
10. form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
(hypernym) erode, eat away, fret
11. make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"
(synonym) moisten, dampen
(hypernym) wet
(hyponym) humidify, moisturize, moisturise
12. wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore"
(synonym) lave, lap
(hypernym) flow
13. to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day"
(hypernym) cleanse, clean
(verb-group) lave
(derivation) washing, lavation


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wash
v. mýt (se); prát; prát se; omýt; spláchnout; vyprat se
 
n. mytí; praní; rozvlněná voda; vlna zpětná

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Czas. prać, myć; myć się; zmywać; prać się; obmywać, porywać
 
Rzecz. mycie się; pranie; zmywanie; kilwater