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ər, ˈwɔ noun
1.
a person or thing that washes.
3.
a flat ring or perforated piece of leather, rubber, metal, etc., used to give tightness to a joint, to prevent leakage, to distribute pressure, etc., as under the head of a nut or bolt.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
2.
to remove (dirt, stains, paint, or any matter) by or as by the action of water (usually followed by out, off, etc.): to wash grime out of clothing.
3.
to free from spiritual defilement or from sin, guilt, etc.: to be washed whiter than the snow.
4.
to bathe, wet, or moisten with water or other liquid: a meadow newly washed with morning dew.
5.
to flow through, over, or against: a shore or cliff washed by waves.
6.
to carry, bring, remove, or deposit (something) by means of water or any liquid, or as the water or liquid does (often followed by up, down, or along ): The storm washed the boat up on the shore. A sailor was washed overboard.
7.
to wear or diminish, as water does by flowing over or against a surface (often followed by out or away ): The rain had washed away the lettering on the stone.
8.
(of water) to form by flowing over and eroding a surface: The flood had washed a new channel through the bottom lands.
9.
Mining.
a.
to subject (earth or ore) to the action or force of water in order to separate valuable material.
b.
to separate (valuable material) in this way.
10.
to purify (a gas or gaseous mixture) by passage through or over a liquid.
11.
to cover with a watery or thin coat of color.
12.
to overlay with a thin coat or deposit of metal: to wash brass with gold.
13.
verb (used without object)
14.
to wash oneself: After using the insecticide spray they washed completely.
15.
to wash clothes: Monday is the day we wash.
16.
to cleanse anything with or in water or other liquid.
17.
to undergo washing without injury, especially shrinking or fading: fabrics guaranteed to wash.
18.
Informal. to be found true, valid, or real when tested or closely scrutinized; stand being put to the proof: His honesty won't wash.
19.
to be carried or driven by water (often followed by along or ashore ): The boat had washed ashore in the night.
21.
to move along in or as in waves, or with a rushing movement, as water.
22.
to be eroded, as by a stream or by rainfall: a hillside that washes frequently.
23.
to be removed by the action of water (often followed by away ): Much of the topsoil washes away each spring.
noun
24.
the act or process of washing with water or other liquid: to give the car a wash.
25.
a quantity of clothes, linens, etc., washed, or to be washed, at one time: a heavy wash.
26.
a liquid with which something is washed, wetted, colored, overspread, etc.: She gave the room a wash of pale blue.
27.
the flow, sweep, dash, or breaking of water: The wash of the waves had drenched us.
28.
the sound made by this: listening to the wash of the Atlantic.
29.
water moving along in waves or with a rushing movement: the wash of the incoming tide.
30.
the rough or broken water left behind a moving ship, boat, etc.; wake: The little boats tossed about in the wash from the liner's propellers.
31.
Aeronautics. the disturbance in the air left behind by a moving airplane or any of its parts: wing wash.
32.
any of various liquids for grooming or cosmetic purposes: a hair wash.
33.
a lotion or other liquid having medicinal properties, as an antiseptic solution or the like (often used in combination): to apply wash to a skinned knee; mouthwash; eyewash.
34.
Mining. minerals from which valuable material can be extracted by washing.
35.
the wearing away of the shore by breaking waves.
36.
a tract of land washed by the action of the sea or a river.
37.
a marsh, fen, or bog.
38.
a small stream or shallow pool.
39.
a shallow arm of the sea or a shallow part of a river.
40.
a depression or channel formed by flowing water.
41.
Geology. alluvial matter transferred and deposited by flowing water.
42.
Also called dry wash. Western U.S. the dry bed of an intermittent stream.
43.
a broad, thin layer of color applied by a continuous movement of the brush, as in water-color painting.
44.
Also called watershed, weathering. Architecture.
a.
an upper surface so inclined as to shed rain water from a building.
b.
any member of a building having such a surface.
45.
46.
waste liquid matter, refuse, food, etc., from the kitchen, as for hogs; swill (often used in combination): hogwash.
47.
washy or weak liquor or liquid food.
48.
the fermented wort from which the spirit is extracted in distilling.
49.
Informal. an action that yields neither gain nor loss: The company's financial position is a wash compared with last year.
adjective
Verb phrases 50.
capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.; washable: a wash dress.
51.
wash down,
a.
to clean completely by washing: to wash down a car.
b.
to facilitate the swallowing of (food or medicine) by drinking water or other liquid: to wash down a meal with a glass of wine.
52.
wash out,
a.
to be removed by washing: The stain wouldn't wash out.
b.
to damage or demolish by the action of water: The embankment was washed out by the storm.
c.
Informal. to fail to qualify or continue; be eliminated: to wash out of graduate school.
d.
to become dim, indistinct, or blurred: The face of the watch washes out in sunlight.
53.
Idioms wash up,
a.
to wash one's face and hands: Aren't you going to wash up? Dinner is almost ready.
b.
to wash (dishes, flatware, pots, etc.): I'll wash up the dishes, don't bother. We had someone in to wash up after the party.
c.
to end, especially ignominiously (usually in the passive): After that performance, he's all washed up as a singer.
54.
come out in the wash,
a.
to have a good or satisfactory result; turn out eventually: The situation may look hopeless now, but it will all come out in the wash.
b.
to be revealed; become known.
55.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English washen (v.), Old English wascan (cognate with Dutch wasschen, German waschen, Old Norse vaska) < Germanic *watskan, equivalent to *wat- (root of water) + *-sk- v. suffix + *-an infinitive suffix
before 900; Middle English washen (v.), Old English wascan (cognate with Dutch wasschen, German waschen, Old Norse vaska) < Germanic *watskan, equivalent to *wat- (root of water) + *-sk- v. suffix + *-an infinitive suffix
Related forms
pre·wash, noun, verb (used with object)
re·wash, verb
un·der·wash, verb
well-washed, adjective
Synonyms
1. clean, lave, rinse, launder, mop, swab. 4. bedew. 5. bathe. 24. ablution, cleansing, bathing. 37. swamp, morass.
1. clean, lave, rinse, launder, mop, swab. 4. bedew. 5. bathe. 24. ablution, cleansing, bathing. 37. swamp, morass.
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World English Dictionary
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| —vb (often foll by away, | |
| 1. | to apply water or other liquid, usually with soap, to (oneself, clothes, etc) in order to cleanse |
| 2. | (tr; |
| 3. | (intr) to be capable of being washed without damage or loss of colour |
| 4. | (of an animal such as a cat) to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking |
| 5. | (tr) to cleanse from pollution or defilement |
| 6. | (tr) to make wet or moist |
| 7. | to move or be moved by water: the flood washed away the bridge |
| 8. | (esp of waves) to flow or sweep against or over (a surface or object), often with a lapping sound |
| 9. | to form by erosion or be eroded: the stream washed a ravine in the hill |
| 10. | (tr) to apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc, to |
| 11. | (tr) to separate (ore, precious stones, etc) from (gravel, earth, or sand) by immersion in water |
| 12. | informal chiefly (Brit) (intr; usually used with a negative) to admit of testing or proof: your excuses won't wash with me this time |
| 13. | wash one's hands |
| a. euphemistic to go to the lavatory | |
| b. ( | |
| —n | |
| 14. | the act or process of washing; ablution |
| 15. | a quantity of articles washed together |
| 16. | a preparation or thin liquid used as a coating or in washing: a thin wash of paint; a hair wash |
| 17. | med |
| a. any medicinal or soothing lotion for application to a part of the body | |
| b. (in combination): an eyewash | |
| 18. | the flow of water, esp waves, against a surface, or the sound made by such a flow |
| 19. | a. the technique of making wash drawings |
| b. See wash drawing | |
| 20. | the erosion of soil by the action of flowing water |
| 21. | a mass of alluvial material transported and deposited by flowing water |
| 22. | land that is habitually washed by tidal or river waters |
| 23. | the disturbance in the air or water produced at the rear of an aircraft, boat, or other moving object |
| 24. | gravel, earth, etc, from which valuable minerals may be washed |
| 25. | waste liquid matter or liquid refuse, esp as fed to pigs; swill |
| 26. | an alcoholic liquid resembling strong beer, resulting from the fermentation of wort in the production of whisky |
| 27. | informal come out in the wash to become known or apparent in the course of time |
| [Old English wæscan, waxan; related to Old High German wascan; see | |
| Wash (wɒʃ) | |
| —n | |
| the Wash a shallow inlet of the North Sea on the E coast of England, between Lincolnshire and Norfolk | |
| washer (ˈwɒʃə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that washes |
| 2. | a flat ring or drilled disc of metal used under the head of a bolt or nut to spread the load when tightened |
| 3. | any flat ring of rubber, felt, metal, etc, used to provide a seal under a nut or in a tap or valve seat |
| 4. | See washing machine |
| 5. | chemical engineering a device for cleaning or washing gases or vapours; scrubber |
| 6. | (Austral) a face cloth; flannel |
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Word Origin & History
wash
O.E. wascan, wæscan, from P.Gmc. *watskanan (cf. O.N. vaska, M.Du. wasscen, Du. wassen, Ger. waschen), from stem *wat-, the source of water. Used mainly of clothes in O.E. (the principal verb for washing the body, dishes, etc. being þwean). Verbal phrase wash out "obliterate, cancel" is attested
from 1580; hence colloquial sense of "to call off (an event) due to bad weather, etc.;" the noun sense of "disappointing failure" is recorded from 1902. Washed-out "faded" is from 1837; washed up is 1923 theater slang, from notion of washing up one's hands at the end of a job.
washer
"flat ring for sealing joints or holding nuts," 1346, generally considered an agent noun of wash (q.v.), but the sense connection is difficult, and the noun may derive instead from the ancestor of Fr. vis "screw, vise."
wash
late O.E. wæsc "act of washing" (see wash (v.)). Meaning "clothes set aside to be washed" is attested from 1789; meaning "thin coat of paint" is recorded from 1698; sense of "land alternately covered and exposed by the sea" is recorded from c.1440.
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Medical Dictionary
wash (wŏsh)
v. washed, wash·ing, wash·es
To cleanse, using water or other liquid, usually with soap, detergent, or bleach, by immersing, dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing.
To make moist or wet.
The act or process of cleansing or washing.
A solution used to cleanse or bathe a part.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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washer
machine component that is used in conjunction with a screw fastener such as a bolt and nut and that usually serves either to keep the screw from loosening or to distribute the load from the nut or bolt head over a larger area. For load distribution, thin flat rings of soft steel are usual.
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Example sentences
When you purchase major appliances such as a refrigerator, stove or washer-dryer, look for energy-efficient models.
We'd get around to that old washer-dryer discussion.
If you have an old washer drum, you can easily transform it into a glowing side table.
Consumers should not operate the washer until it has been repaired.
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