Definitions for washwɒʃ, wɔʃ

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wash(noun)

    a thin coat of water-base paint

  2. wash, washing, lavation(noun)

    the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

  3. wash, dry wash(noun)


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  5. slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash(noun)

    the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

  6. wash, wash drawing(noun)


  7. laundry, wash, washing, washables(noun)

    garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

  8. wash(verb)

    any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out


  9. wash, rinse(verb)

    clean with some chemical process

  10. wash, lave(verb)

    cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

  11. wash, launder(verb)

    cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

    "Wash the towels, please!"

  12. wash(verb)

    move by or as if by water

    "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"

  13. wash(verb)

    be capable of being washed

    "Does this material wash?"

  14. wash(verb)

    admit to testing or proof

    "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"

  15. wash(verb)

    separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

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  17. wash, wash out, wash off, wash away(verb)



  18. wash(verb)

    form by erosion

    "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"

  19. moisten, wash, dampen(verb)

    make moist

    "The dew moistened the meadows"

  20. lave, lap, wash(verb)

    wash or flow against

    "the waves laved the shore"

  21. wash(verb)

    to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

    "The cat washes several times a day"


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  1. wash(Noun)


  2. wash(Noun)

    A liquid used for washing.

  3. wash(Noun)

    The quantity of clothes washed at a time.

    There's a lot in that wash, maybe you should separate them in half.

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  5. wash(Noun)


    I could hear the wash of the wave.

  6. wash(Noun)

    The wake of a moving ship.

  7. wash(Noun)

    The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.

  8. wash(Noun)

    A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.

  9. wash(Noun)

    Ground washed away to the sea or a river.

  10. wash(Verb)

    To clean with water.

  11. wash(Verb)

    To move by the force of water in motion

    The flood washed away houses.

  12. wash(Verb)


  13. wash(Verb)

    To clean oneself with water.

    I wash every morning after getting up.

  14. wash(Verb)


  15. wash(Noun)

    A shallow body of water.

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  17. wash(Noun)

    Something where no progress is made, where nothing changes.

    His first week at the new job was a wash, since he spent so much time learning the system instead of using it.

  18. Origin: From washen, waschen, weschen, from wascan, wæscan, from waskanan, from wod-. Cognate with Dutch wassen, wasschen, German waschen, vaske, vaska, vaska.

Webster Dictionary

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  5. Wash(verb)

    to cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly

  6. Wash(verb)

    to overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver

  7. Wash(verb)

    to perform the act of ablution

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  9. Wash(verb)

    to bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash

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  15. Wash(noun)

    the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted

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  18. Wash(noun)

    a liquid cosmetic for the complexion

  19. Wash(noun)

    a liquid dentifrice

  20. Wash(noun)

    a liquid preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash

  21. Wash(noun)

    a medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion

  22. Wash(noun)

    a thin coat of color, esp. water color

  23. Wash(noun)

    a thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation

  24. Wash(noun)

    the blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the water

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  27. Wash(noun)

    ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters

  28. Wash(adj)

    washy; weak

  29. Wash(adj)

    capable of being washed without injury; washable; as, wash goods

  30. Origin: [OE. waschen, AS. wascan; akin to D. wasschen, G. waschen, OHG. wascan, Icel. & Sw. vaska, Dan. vaske, and perhaps to E. water. 150.]


  1. WASH

    WASH is a Clear Channel Communications radio station located in Washington, D.C.. Known on-air as "Wash-FM", the station has an adult contemporary format. The station also streams its broadcast on iHeartRadio. WASH has been a soft adult contemporary station in one form or another since the 70s. For a few years in the early 80s, the station attempted to do a Top 40 / CHR format which had no success and the station later returned to their original Soft AC format. On Saturday nights from 7 pm - midnight, the station plays disco music and related songs in a program known as "Jammin' Saturday Night". The station recently began broadcasting two hours of 80s music immediately following "Jammin' Saturday Night". The station plays exclusively Christmas music from mid-November through Christmas Day and calls itself "Washington's Home for the Holidays" during the season. In 2011, the station started playing exclusively Christmas music on Friday, November 18.

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'wash' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1641

  2. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'wash' in Verbs Frequency: #411

Anagrams of wash »

  1. haws

  2. shaw, Shaw

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