Synonyms of wash

Noun

1. wash, water-base paint

usage: a thin coat of water-base paint

2. wash, washing, lavation, work

usage: the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

3. wash, dry wash, streambed, creek bed

usage: the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

4. washout, wash, soil erosion

usage: 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"

5. slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash, flow

usage: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

6. wash, wash drawing, watercolor, water-color, watercolour, water-colour

usage: a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other

7. laundry, wash, washing, washables, garment, white goods, household linen

usage: garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

8. wash, business activity, commercial activity

usage: any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"

Verb

1. wash, rinse, serve, process, swear out

usage: clean with some chemical process

2. wash, lave, cleanse, clean

usage: cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

3. wash, launder, clean, make clean

usage: cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"

4. wash, move, displace

usage: move by or as if by water; "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"

5. wash, be

usage: be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?"

6. wash, stand

usage: admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"

7. wash, separate

usage: separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

8. wash, cover

usage: apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to

9. wash, wash out, wash off, wash away, remove, take, take away, withdraw

usage: 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"; "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"; "he managed to wash out the stains"

10. wash, erode, eat away, fret

usage: form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"

11. moisten, wash, dampen, wet

usage: make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"

12. lave, lap, wash, flow

usage: wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore"

13. wash, cleanse, clean

usage: to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day"

Definition and meaning of wash (Dictionary)