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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Antonyms:
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.
Webster's New World
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
Webster's New World
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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Other Word Forms of Wash

Noun

Singular:
wash
Plural:
washes

Origin of Wash

  • 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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