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Definition wash

Etymology

From Middle English washen, waschen, weschen, from Old English was?an, wæs?an (“to wash, cleanse, bathe, lave”), from Proto-Germanic *waskan?, *watskan? (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet; water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (“to wash”), West Frisian waskje (“to wash”), Dutch wassen, wasschen (“to wash”), Low German waschen (“to wash”), German waschen (“to wash”), Danish vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”), Icelandic vaska (“to wash”).

Verb

wash (third-person singular simple present washes, present participle washing, simple past and past participle washed)

  1. To clean with water.
  2. (transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
  3. (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
  4. (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
  5. (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
  6. (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
  7. (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
  8. (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
  9. (intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
  10. (intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
  11. To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
  12. To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
  13. (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
  14. (transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.

Noun

wash (plural washes)

  1. The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
  2. A liquid used for washing.
  3. A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
  4. The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
  5. (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
  6. The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
  7. The wake of a moving ship.
  8. The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
  9. Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
  10. A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
  11. A shallow body of water.
  12. In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
  13. A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
  14. (finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
  15. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
  16. In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
  17. A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
  18. A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
  19. (nautical) The blade of an oar.
  20. The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
  21. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
  22. (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
  23. (television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.

Results 428 Words with the letters WASH

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9 letter words with the letters WASH 
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6 letter words with the letters WASH 
BASHAW 14
BUSHWA 15
CAHOWS 14
CASHAW 14
CASHEW 14
CUSHAW 15
HAWSER 11
HAWSES 11
PSHAWS 14
RAWISH 11
REWASH 11
SCHWAS 14
SHADOW 12
SHAWED 12
SHAWLS 12
SHAWMS 14
SWARTH 11
SWATCH 14
SWATHE 11
SWATHS 11
THRAWS 11
WAHOOS 11
WASHED 12
WASHER 11
WASHES 11
WASHUP 15
WHACKS 18
WHALES 12
WHANGS 14
WHARFS 14
WHAUPS 15
WHEALS 12
WHEATS 11
WHENAS 12
WRATHS 11
5 letter words with the letters WASH 
AWASH 10
CHAWS 13
HAWKS 14
HAWSE 10
PSHAW 13
SCHWA 13
SHAWL 11
SHAWM 13
SHAWN 11
SHAWS 10
SHWAS 10
SWASH 10
SWATH 10
THAWS 10
WASHY 12
WHAMS 13
WHAPS 13
WHATS 10
WISHA 10
4 letter words with the letters WASH 
HAWS 9
SHAW 9
SHWA 9
WASH 9
3 letter words with the letters WASH 
AHS 5
ASH 5
HAS 5
HAW 8
SAW 6
SHA 5
WAS 6
WHA 8
2 letter words with the letters WASH 
AH 4
AS 2
AW 5
HA 4
SH 4

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