wash

A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.

The erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway).

“from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water”

The dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon).

A watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other.

Any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out.

“at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash”

A thin coat of water-base paint.

The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller.

Garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering.

The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water).

Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water.

Admit to testing or proof.

“This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court”

Apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to.

Be capable of being washed.

“Does this material wash?”

Form by erosion.

“The river washed a ravine into the mountainside”

Move by or as if by water.

“The swollen river washed away the footbridge”

Make moist.

Separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals).

To cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking.

“The cat washes several times a day”

Cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water.

Remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent.

“he washed the dirt from his coat”

“The nurse washed away the blood”

Wash or flow against.

Clean with some chemical process.