Definition of wash

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Wash (v. t.) To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees..

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Bath :: Bath (n.) A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.
Hogwash :: Hogwash (n.) Swill.
Syringeal :: Syringe (v. t.) To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses..
Tramble :: Tramble (v. t.) To wash, as tin ore, with a shovel in a frame fitted for the purpose..
Washstand :: Washstand (n.) A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person..
Baseboard :: Baseboard (n.) A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard..
Elutriate :: Elutriate (v. t.) To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing..
Swashbuckler :: Swash (n.) A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
Run :: Run (a.) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing..
Gasket :: Gasket (n.) Any ring or washer of packing.
Swashing :: Swashed (imp. & p. p.) of Swas.
Salination :: Salination (n.) The act of washing with salt water.
Launder :: Launder (v. i.) To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts..
Accretion :: Accretion (n.) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark..
Mop :: Mop (n.) An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle..
Swash :: Swash (n.) A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes..
Imbathe :: Imbathe (v. t.) To bathe; to wash freely; to immerce.
Soap :: Soap (v. t.) To rub or wash over with soap.
Lavatory :: Lavatory (n.) A basin or other vessel for washing in.
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