wash

A thin coat of water-base paint

The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

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

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”

The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

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

Garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

Any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

“At the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash”

Clean with some chemical process

Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

Cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

“Wash the towels, please!”

Move by or as if by water

“The swollen river washed away the footbridge”

Be capable of being washed

“Does this material wash?”

Admit to testing or proof

“This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court”

Separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

Apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to

Remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

“He washed the dirt from his coat”

Form by erosion

“The river washed a ravine into the mountainside”

Make moist

“The dew moistened the meadows”

Wash or flow against

“The waves laved the shore”

Wash by removing particles

“Wash ores”

To cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

“The cat washes several times a day”