Definition of wash

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Wash (n.) The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once..

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Burr :: Burr (n.) A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down..
Washingtonian :: Washingtonian (n.) A member of the Washingtonian Society.
Lavatory :: Lavatory (n.) A basin or other vessel for washing in.
Mount :: Mount (v.) A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry..
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..
Hushing :: Hushing (n.) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming..
Swash :: Swash (n.) Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.
Eyewater :: Eyewater (n.) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.
White :: White (v. t.) To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Buck :: Buck (n.) Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed..
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment..
Swash :: Swash (v. i.) To fall violently or noisily.
Swill :: Swill (v. t.) To wash; to drench.
Bake :: Bake (v. i.) To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes..
Wash-off :: Wash-off (a.) Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; -- said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise.
Washed :: Washed (a.) Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects.
Lavement :: Lavement (n.) A washing or bathing; also, a clyster..
Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard..
Washy :: Washy (a.) Watery; damp; soft.
Wishy-washy :: Wishy-washy (a.) Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless..
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