1. [verb] To clean with water.
2. [verb] (transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
3. [verb] (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
4. [verb] (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
5. [verb] (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
6. [verb] (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
7. [verb] (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
8. [verb] (intransitive) (figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
9. [verb] (intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
10. [verb] (intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
11. [verb] To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
12. [verb] To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
13. [verb] (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
14. [verb] (transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
15. [noun] The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
16. [noun] A liquid used for washing.
17. [noun] The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
18. [noun] (arts) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
19. [noun] The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
20. [noun] The wake of a moving ship.
21. [noun] The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
22. [noun] A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
23. [noun] Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
24. [noun] A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
25. [noun] A shallow body of water.
26. [noun] In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
27. [noun] An situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
28. [noun] Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
29. [noun] In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
30. [noun] A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
31. [noun] A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
32. [noun] (nautical) The blade of an oar.
33. [noun] The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
34. [noun] Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
35. [noun] (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
36. [noun] A thin coat of water-base paint.
37. [noun] The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water).
38. [noun] The dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon).
39. [noun] 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'.
40. [noun] The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller.
41. [noun] A watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other.
42. [noun] Garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering.
43. [noun] Any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; 'at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash'.
44. [verb] Clean with some chemical process.
45. [verb] Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water.
46. [verb] Cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; 'Wash the towels, please!'.
47. [verb] Move by or as if by water; 'The swollen river washed away the footbridge'.
48. [verb] Be capable of being washed; 'Does this material wash?'.
49. [verb] Admit to testing or proof; 'This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court'.
50. [verb] Separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals).
51. [verb] Apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to.
52. [verb] 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'.
53. [verb] Form by erosion; 'The river washed a ravine into the mountainside'.
54. [verb] Make moist; 'The dew moistened the meadows'.
55. [verb] Wash or flow against; 'the waves laved the shore'.
56. [verb] To cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; 'The cat washes several times a day'.
