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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Relais :: Relais (n.) A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the ditch, serving to receive the earth that may crumble off or be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch..
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves wash the shore..
Washing :: Washing (n.) The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash..
Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore..
Swashy :: Swashway (n.) Same as 4th Swash, 2..
Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses..
Mercury :: Mercury (v. t.) To wash with a preparation of mercury.
Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash..
Eyewash :: Eyewash (n.) See Eyewater.
Bluing :: Bluing (n.) Something to give a bluish tint, as indigo, or preparations used by washerwomen..
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing..
Lave :: Lave (v. t.) To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise..
Water Gilding :: Water gilding () The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and then volatilizing the mercury by heat; -- called also wash gilding..
Lavature :: Lavature (n.) A wash or lotion.
Camphor :: Camphor (v. t.) To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate.
Bewash :: Bewash (v. t.) To drench or souse with water.
Presidency :: Presidency (n.) The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency..
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..
Smithsonian :: Smithsonian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports..
Washable :: Washable (a.) Capable of being washed without damage to fabric or color.
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