Definition of wash

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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..

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Washer :: Washer (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc..
Washerwoman :: Washerwoman (n.) The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants.
Wash :: Wash (a.) Washy; weak.
Washing :: Washing (n.) The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution.
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..
Swash :: Swashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swas.
Wincing :: Wincing (n.) The act of washing cloth, dipping it in dye, etc., with a wince..
Washer :: Washer (n.) One who, or that which, washes..
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..
Abluvion :: Abluvion (n.) That which is washed off.
Washed :: Washed (imp. & p. p.) of Was.
Swash :: Swash (v. i.) To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
Presidency :: Presidency (n.) The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency..
Ablution :: Ablution (n.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest..
Washen :: Washen () p. p. of Wash.
Alluvial :: Alluvial (a.) Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits..
Swab :: Swab (n.) To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship..
Wince :: Wince (n.) A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will..
Washed :: Washed (a.) Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects.
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
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