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wash·ing

[wosh-ing, waw-shing] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	the act of a person or thing that washes; ablution.

2.	clothes, linens, etc., washed or to be washed, esp. those washed at one time; wash.

3.	Often, washings. any liquid that has been used to wash something.

4.	matter removed or carried off in washing something or by the force of water: The washings from numerous spring floods had clogged the mouth of the river.

Mining.

a.	material, as gold dust, obtained by washing earth, gravel, etc.

b.	the deposits so washed.

6.	wash (def. 45).

7.	the act of making a wash sale.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME wasschunge. See wash, -ing¹

]

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wash   (wŏsh, wôsh) Pronunciation Key
v.   washed, wash·ing, wash·es

v.   tr.

1. To cleanse, using water or other liquid, usually with soap, detergent, or bleach, by immersing, dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing: wash one's hands; wash windows.
2. To soak, rinse out, and remove (dirt or stain) with or as if with water: wash grease out of overalls.
3. To purify (a gas) by passing through or over a liquid, as to remove soluble matter.
4. To pass a solvent, such as distilled water, through (a precipitate).
To make moist or wet; drench: Tears washed the child's cheeks.
To flow over, against, or past: waves that washed the sandy shores.
To carry, erode, remove, or destroy by the action of moving water: Heavy rains washed the topsoil away.
To rid of corruption or guilt; cleanse or purify: wash sins away.
To cover or coat with a watery layer of paint or other coloring substance.
Chemistry
1. To purify (a gas) by passing through or over a liquid, as to remove soluble matter.
2. To pass a solvent, such as distilled water, through (a precipitate).
To separate constituents of (an ore) by immersion in or agitation with water.
To cause to undergo a swirling action: washed the tea around in the cup.

v. intr.

To cleanse something in or by means of water or other liquid.
1. To undergo washing without fading or other damage: This fabric will wash.
2. Informal To hold up under examination; be convincing: "That [proclamation], of course, will not wash" (John Hughes).
To flow, sweep, or beat with a characteristic lapping sound: Waves washed over the pilings.
To be carried away, removed, or drawn by the action of water.

The act or process of washing or cleansing.
A quantity of articles washed or intended for washing: The wash is on the back porch.
Waste liquid; swill.
Fermented liquid from which liquor is distilled.
A preparation or product used in washing or coating.
A cosmetic or medicinal liquid, such as a mouthwash.
1. A thin layer of watercolor or India ink spread on a drawing.
2. A light tint or hue: "a wash of red sunset" (Thomas Pynchon).
3. A rush or surge of water or waves.
4. The sound of this rush or surge.
5. Removal or erosion of soil by the action of moving water.
6. A deposit of recently eroded debris.
7. Low or marshy ground washed by tidal waters.
8. A stretch of shallow water.
1. A rush or surge of water or waves.
2. The sound of this rush or surge.
3. Removal or erosion of soil by the action of moving water.
4. A deposit of recently eroded debris.
5. Low or marshy ground washed by tidal waters.
6. A stretch of shallow water.
1. Removal or erosion of soil by the action of moving water.
2. A deposit of recently eroded debris.
3. Low or marshy ground washed by tidal waters.
4. A stretch of shallow water.
1. Low or marshy ground washed by tidal waters.
2. A stretch of shallow water.
Western U.S. The dry bed of a stream.
Turbulence in air or water caused by the motion or action of an oar, propeller, jet, or airfoil.
Informal An activity, action, or enterprise that yields neither marked gain nor marked loss: "[The company] doesn't do badly. That is, it's a wash" (Harper's).

adj.

Used for washing.
Being such that washing is possible; washable.
To clean by washing with water from top to bottom: wash down the walls.
To follow the ingestion of (food, for example) with the ingestion of a liquid: washed the cake down with coffee.
1. To remove or be removed by washing.
2. To cause to fade by laundering: color that had been washed out by bleach.
To carry or wear away or be carried or worn away by the action of moving water: The river rose and washed out the dam. The road has washed out five miles down the mountain.
To deplete or become depleted of vitality: By evening, I was washed out from overwork.
To eliminate or be eliminated as unsatisfactory: a football player who was washed out; an officer candidate who washed out after one month.
To cause (an event) to be rained out.
To wash one's hands.
Chiefly British To wash dishes after a meal.
To burn out; exhaust: all washed up as a politician.

Phrasal Verb(s):
wash down

To clean by washing with water from top to bottom: wash down the walls.
To follow the ingestion of (food, for example) with the ingestion of a liquid: washed the cake down with coffee.

wash out

1. To remove or be removed by washing.
2. To cause to fade by laundering: color that had been washed out by bleach.
To carry or wear away or be carried or worn away by the action of moving water: The river rose and washed out the dam. The road has washed out five miles down the mountain.
To deplete or become depleted of vitality: By evening, I was washed out from overwork.
To eliminate or be eliminated as unsatisfactory: a football player who was washed out; an officer candidate who washed out after one month.
To cause (an event) to be rained out.

wash up

To wash one's hands.
Chiefly British To wash dishes after a meal.
To burn out; exhaust: all washed up as a politician.

Idiom(s):
come out in the wash Slang

To be revealed eventually: The real reasons for her resignation will come out in the wash.
To turn out well in the end: Don't worry: this project will come out in the wash.

Idiom(s):
wash (one's) hands of

To refuse to accept responsibility for.
To abandon; renounce.

[Middle English washen, from Old English wacsan, wæscan; see wed-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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wash·ing (wŏsh'ĭng, wô'shĭng) Pronunciation Key
n.

The act or process of one that washes.
Articles washed or intended to be washed at one time: the week's washing.
The residue after an ore or other material has been washed.
The liquid used to wash something. Often used in the plural.

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washing
noun
1.	the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) [syn: wash]
2.	garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering [syn: laundry]

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Washing

Wash"ing\, n. 1. (Mining) Gold dust procured by washing; also, a place where this is done; a washery.

2. A thin covering or coat; as, a washing of silver.

3. (Stock Exchanges) The operation of simultaneously buying and selling the same stock for the purpose of manipulating the market. The transaction is fictitious, and is prohibited by stock-exchange rules.

4. (Pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Washing

Wash sale\ (Stock Exchange) A sale made in washing. See Washing, n., 3, above.

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