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'washes'

[wash.n.01] as in: a thin coat of water-base paint

'washes'

[wash.n.02] as in: the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

'washes'

[wash.n.03] as in: the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

'washes'

[washout.n.02] as in: the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

Examples:
from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water

'washes'

[slipstream.n.01] as in: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

'washes'

[wash.n.06] as in: a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other

'washes'

[laundry.n.01] as in: garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

'washes'

[wash.n.08] as in: any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

Examples:
at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash

'washes'

[wash.v.01] as in: clean with some chemical process

'washes'

[wash.v.02] as in: cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

'washes'

[wash.v.03] as in: cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

Examples:
Wash the towels, please!

'washes'

[wash.v.04] as in: move by or as if by water

Examples:
The swollen river washed away the footbridge

'washes'

[wash.v.05] as in: be capable of being washed

Examples:
Does this material wash?

'washes'

[wash.v.06] as in: admit to testing or proof

Examples:
This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court

'washes'

[wash.v.07] as in: separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

'washes'

[wash.v.08] as in: apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc.,

to

'washes'

[wash.v.09] as in: remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

Examples:
he washed the dirt from his coat
The nurse washed away the blood
Can you wash away the spots on the windows?
he managed to wash out the stains

'washes'

[wash.v.10] as in: form by erosion

Examples:
The river washed a ravine into the mountainside

'washes'

[moisten.v.01] as in: make moist

Examples:
The dew moistened the meadows

'washes'

[lave.v.01] as in: wash or flow against

Examples:
the waves laved the shore

'washes'

[wash.v.13] as in: to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

Examples:
The cat washes several times a day