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washing
To clean with water.
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verb
To clean with water.
“Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans.”
To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
“Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.”
To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
To clean oneself with water.
“I wash every morning after getting up.”
To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
“Waves wash the shore.”
To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
“to hear the water washing”
To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
“Some calicoes do not wash.”
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.
To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
“steel washed with silver”
To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
noun
The action of the verb to wash
Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
“My mother used to do the washing on a Monday”
(often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
“The washings have a higher concentration of metal”
The liquid used to wash an ore.
A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
“the gold-washings, or silver-washings”
A thin covering or coat.
“a washing of silver”
A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
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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Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans.
Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
I wash every morning after getting up.
Waves wash the shore.
to hear the water washing
Some calicoes do not wash.
steel washed with silver
My mother used to do the washing on a Monday
The washings have a higher concentration of metal
the gold-washings, or silver-washings
a washing of silver
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