- wash - a thin coat of water-base paint
--1 is a kind of water-base paint
--1 has particulars:blackwash; calcimine; color wash, colour wash; whitewash Derived form: verb wash8 - wash, washing, lavation - the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
--2 is a kind of work
--2 has parts: rinse, rinsing
--2 has particulars:washup, bathing; ablution; dishwashing, washup; washing-up; window-washing; rinse; soak, soaking; laundering Derived forms: verb wash5, verb wash3, verb wash13, verb wash2 - wash, dry wash - the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
--3 is a kind of streambed, creek bed
- washout, wash - 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"
--4 is a kind of soil erosion
--4 has particulars: rain-wash - slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash - the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
--5 is a kind of flow
- wash, wash drawing - a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
--6 is a kind of watercolor, watercolour
- laundry, wash, washing, washables - garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
--7 is a kind of garment; white goods, household linen
Derived forms: verb wash1, verb wash3 - wash - any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"
--8 is a kind of business activity, commercial activity
- wash, rinse - clean with some chemical process
--1 is one way to wash, launder
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun wash7, noun washer1, noun washer3
They wash the cape
- wash, lave - cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
--2 is one way to cleanse, clean
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun wash2, noun washing1
They wash
They wash themselves
- wash, launder - cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"
--3 is one way to clean, make clean
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun wash7, noun wash2, noun washer1, noun washer3
They wash the cape
- wash - move by or as if by water; "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"
--4 is one way to move, displace
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Something ----s something
- wash - be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?"
--5 is one way to be
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun wash2
Something ----s
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
- wash - admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"
--6 is one way to stand
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Something ----s
- wash - separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
--7 is one way to separate
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Somebody ----s something
- wash - apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
--8 is one way to cover
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun wash1
Somebody ----s something
- wash, wash out, wash off, wash away - 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"
--9 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Somebody ----s something
- wash - form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
--10 is one way to erode, eat away, fret
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Something ----s something
- moisten, wash, dampen - make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"
--11 is one way to wet
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- lave, lap, wash - wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore"
--12 is one way to flow
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Something ----s something
- wash - to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day"
--13 is one way to cleanse, clean
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun wash2
Something ----s
- wash - be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?"