Wash Definition
wŏsh, wôsh
washed, washes, washing
verb
washed, washes, washing
To clean by means of water or other liquid, as by dipping, tumbling, or scrubbing, often with soap, a detergent, etc.
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To wash oneself or one's hands, face, etc.
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To wash clothes.
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To make wet, or moisten; drench or flush with water or other liquid.
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To make clean in a religious or moral sense; purify.
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Synonyms:
noun
The act or an instance of washing.
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A place where something is washed.
A carwash.
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A quantity of clothes, etc. washed, or to be washed.
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Waste liquid; specif., refuse liquid food, as from cooking; swill; hogwash.
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A preparation or product used in washing or coating.
American Heritage
adjective
Used for washing.
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That can be washed without damage; washable.
A wash dress.
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abbreviation
Washington.
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
Wiktionary
idiom
come out in the wash
- To be revealed eventually:
The real reasons for her resignation will come out in the wash.
- To turn out well in the end:
Don't worry; this project will come out in the wash.
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wash (one's) hands of
- To refuse to accept responsibility for:
He washed his hands of the matter.
- To abandon; renounce:
They have washed their hands of him.
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come out in the wash
- to be revealed or explained sooner or later
- to be resolved eventually, esp. without intervention and after a period of time
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wash down
- to clean by washing, esp. with a stream of water
- to follow (food, a drink of whiskey, etc.) with a drink, as of water
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wash out
- to drop out of or be dropped from a training course, athletic program, etc. because of failure
- to reject or fail
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Wash
Origin of Wash
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Middle English washen from Old English wacsan, wæscan wed-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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