| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | waa'sh; wao'sh |
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| Rhymes | awash, backwash, bosh, and 15 more rhymes in aash at the HyperDic website... |
| Bosch, macintosh, McIntosh, and 3 more rhymes in aosh at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A thin coat of water-base paint. |
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| Narrower | blackwash; calcimine; color wash, colour wash; whitewash |
| Broader | water-base paint |
| Verbs | wash |
| Meaning | The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water). |
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| Synonyms | washing, lavation |
| Parts | rinse, rinsing |
| Narrower | washup, bathing; ablution; dishwashing, washup; washing-up; window-washing; rinse; soak, soaking; laundering |
| Broader | work |
| Verbs | wash; wash; wash; wash |
| Meaning | The dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon). |
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| Synonyms | dry wash |
| Region | West, western United States |
| Broader | streambed, creek bed |
| Meaning | The erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway). |
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| Examples | "from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water" |
| Synonyms | washout |
| Narrower | rain-wash |
| Broader | soil erosion |
| Meaning | The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller. |
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| Synonyms | slipstream, airstream, race, backwash |
| Broader | flow |
| Meaning | A watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other. |
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| Synonyms | wash drawing |
| Broader | watercolor, watercolour |
| Meaning | Garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering. |
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| Synonyms | laundry, washing, washables |
| Broader | garment; white goods, household linen |
| Verbs | wash; wash |
| Meaning | Any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out. |
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| Examples | "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash" |
| Broader | business activity, commercial activity |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Meaning | Clean with some chemical process. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | They wash the cape |
| Synonyms | rinse |
| Narrower | elute |
| Broader | wash, launder |
| Similar to | wash, wash out, wash off, wash away; wash, launder; wash |
| Nouns | washer; washer; wash |
| Meaning | Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | They wash; They wash themselves |
| Synonyms | lave |
| Entailed by | soap, lather |
| Narrower | sponge down; scrub, scrub up; gargle, rinse; shampoo; hush |
| Broader | cleanse, clean |
| Similar to | wash |
| See also | wash up |
| Nouns | wash, washing |
| Meaning | Cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | They wash the cape |
| Examples | "Wash the towels, please!" |
| Synonyms | launder |
| Narrower | water-wash; wash, rinse; wash out; pressure-wash, powerwash; suds; rinse, rinse off; cradle; stonewash, stone-wash; handwash, hand-wash; machine wash, machine-wash; acid-wash |
| Broader | clean, make clean |
| Similar to | wash, rinse; wash |
| Nouns | washer; washer; wash; wash |
| Meaning | Move by or as if by water. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The swollen river washed away the footbridge" |
| Broader | move, displace |
| Similar to | wash |
| Meaning | Be capable of being washed. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s Adjective/Noun |
| Examples | "Does this material wash?" |
| Broader | be |
| Similar to | wash, launder |
| Nouns | wash |
| Meaning | Admit to testing or proof. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court" |
| Broader | stand |
| Meaning | Separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Entails | rinse, rinse off |
| Narrower | pan, pan out, pan off |
| Broader | separate |
| Similar to | wash, rinse |
| Meaning | Apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Narrower | whitewash |
| Broader | cover |
| Nouns | wash |
| Meaning | Remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "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" |
| Synonyms | wash out, wash off, wash away |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
| Similar to | wash, rinse; wash out |
| Meaning | Form by erosion. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside" |
| Broader | erode, eat away, fret |
| Similar to | wash |
| Meaning | Make moist. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | moisten, dampen |
| Narrower | humidify, moisturize, moisturise; baste |
| Broader | wet |
| Meaning | Wash or flow against. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | lave, lap |
| Broader | flow |
| Meaning | To cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "The cat washes several times a day" |
| Broader | cleanse, clean |
| Similar to | wash, lave |
| Nouns | wash |