Definition of wash

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Wash (v. t.) To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment..

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Ablution :: Ablution (n.) The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite..
Bluing :: Bluing (n.) Something to give a bluish tint, as indigo, or preparations used by washerwomen..
Wringer :: Wringer (n.) A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been washed..
Syringeal :: Syringe (v. t.) To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
Tailing :: Tailing (n.) The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it. Called also tails..
Wash :: Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc..
Hogwash :: Hogwash (n.) Swill.
Eyewater :: Eyewater (n.) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.
Washing :: Washing (n.) The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash..
Appellative :: Appellative (n.) A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie..
Skeet :: Skeet (n.) A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck..
Dishwasher :: Dishwasher (n.) One who, or that which, washes dishes..
Tattoo :: Tattoo (v. t.) To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out..
Whiting :: Whiting (n.) Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc..
Buck :: Buck (n.) The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.
Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To perform the act of ablution.
Urceole :: Urceole (n.) A vessel for water for washing the hands; also, one to hold wine or water..
Wash :: Wash (v. i.) 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..
Swasher :: Swashbuckler (n.) A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer..
Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them..
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