Definition of wash

"wash" in the noun sense

1. wash

a thin coat of water-base paint

2. wash, washing, lavation

the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

3. wash, dry wash

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

4. washout, wash

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"

5. slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash

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

6. wash, wash drawing

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

7. laundry, wash, washing, washables

garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

8. wash

any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

"at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"

"wash" in the verb sense

1. wash, rinse

clean with some chemical process

2. wash, lave

cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

3. wash, launder

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

"Wash the towels, please!"

4. wash

move by or as if by water

"The swollen river washed away the footbridge"

5. wash

be capable of being washed

"Does this material wash?"

6. wash

admit to testing or proof

"This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"

7. wash

separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

8. wash

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

9. wash, wash out, wash off, wash away

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"

10. wash

form by erosion

"The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"

11. moisten, wash, dampen

make moist

"The dew moistened the meadows"

12. lave, lap, wash

wash or flow against

"the waves laved the shore"

13. wash

to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

"The cat washes several times a day"

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Quotations for wash

Clean hands want no wash ball. [ Proverb ]

I have more to do than a dish to wash. [ Proverb ]

If you would live for ever,
You must wash the milk off your liver. [ Proverb ]

Not all the water in the rough rude sea
Can wash the balm from an anointed king;
The breath of worldly men cannot depose
The deputy elected by the Lord. [ Rich. II ]

Blood only serves to wash Ambition's hands. [ Byron ]

O, she is fallen
Into a pit of ink, that the wide sea
Hath drops too few to wash her clean again. [ William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV. Sc.1 ]

One hand may wash the other, but both the face. [ Proverb ]

The garden lies,
A league of grass, wash'd by a slow broad stream. [ Tennyson ]

All the water in the sea cannot wash out this stain. [ Proverb ]

Would you wipe with the water and wash with the towel? [ Proverb ]

To swill and drink, is to turn tripe wife and wash guts. [ Proverb ]

One of his hands is unwilling to wash the other for nothing. [ Proverb ]

The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white. [ Kabir ]

Whosoever formeth an intimacy with the enemies of his friends, does so to injure the latter.
O wise man! wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies. [ Saadi ]

What is opportunity to the man who can't use it? An unfecundated egg, which the waves of time wash away into nonentity. [ George Eliot ]

All day the rain bathed the dark hyacinths in vain; the flood may pour from morn till night, nor wash the pretty Indian white. [ Hafiz ]

If life has not made you by God's grace, through faith, holy - think you, will death without faith do it? The cold waters of that narrow stream are no purifying bath in which you may wash and be clean. No! no! as you go down into them, you will come up from them. [ Alexander Maclaren ]

wash in Scrabble®

The word wash is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters wash:

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wash in Words With Friends™

The word wash is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters wash:

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Words within the letters of wash

2 letter words in wash (3 words)

3 letter words in wash (5 words)

4 letter words in wash (Anagrams) (3 words)

Words containing the sequence wash

Word Growth involving wash

Shorter words in wash

as ash

as was

Longer words containing wash

acidwash acidwashed

acidwash acidwashes

acidwash acidwashing

awash

backwash backwashed

backwash backwasher backwashers

backwash backwashes

backwash backwashing

blackwash blackwashed

blackwash blackwasher blackwashers

blackwash blackwashes

blackwash blackwashing

carwash carwashes

colorwash colorwashed

colorwash colorwashes

colorwash colorwashing

colourwash colourwashed

colourwash colourwashes

colourwash colourwashing

dishwash dishwashed

dishwash dishwasher dishwashers

dishwash dishwashes

dishwash dishwashing dishwashings

eggwash eggwashes

eyewash eyewashes

flatwash flatwashed

flatwash flatwashes

flatwash flatwashing

greenwash greenwashed

greenwash greenwashes

greenwash greenwashing

handwash handwashed

handwash handwasher handwashers

handwash handwashes

handwash handwashing

hogwash

limewash limewashed

limewash limewasher limewashers

limewash limewashes

limewash limewashing

mouthwash mouthwashes

outwash outwashes

overwash overwashed

overwash overwashes

overwash overwashing

pigwash pigwashes

powerwash powerwashed

powerwash powerwasher powerwashers

powerwash powerwashes

powerwash powerwashing

rainwash brainwash brainwashed unbrainwashed

rainwash brainwash brainwasher brainwashers

rainwash brainwash brainwashes

rainwash brainwash brainwashing brainwashings

rainwash rainwashed brainwashed unbrainwashed

rainwash rainwashes brainwashes

rainwash rainwashing brainwashing brainwashings

rewash prewash prewashed

rewash prewash prewashes

rewash prewash prewashing

rewash rewashed prewashed

rewash rewasher rewashered

rewash rewasher rewashering

rewash rewasher rewashers

rewash rewashes prewashes

rewash rewashing prewashing

riverwash riverwashed

riverwash riverwashes

riverwash riverwashing

sheetwash sheetwashed

sheetwash sheetwashes

sheetwash sheetwashing

sidewash sidewashed

sidewash sidewashes

sidewash sidewashing

stonewash stonewashed

stonewash stonewashes

stonewash stonewashing

swash swashbuckle swashbuckled

swash swashbuckle swashbuckler swashbucklers

swash swashbuckle swashbuckler swashbucklery

swash swashbuckle swashbuckles

swash swashbuckling swashbucklings

swash swashed

swash swasher swashers

swash swashes

swash swashier

swash swashiest

swash swashing

swash swashy

toothwash toothwashes

underwash underwashed

underwash underwashes

underwash underwashing

washabilities

washability

washable nonwashable

washable unwashable

washable washableness

washable washables

washateria washaterias

washaway washaways

washball washballs

washbasin washbasins

washbasket washbaskets

washboard washboards

washbottle washbottles

washbowl washbowls

washbrew washbrews

washcloth washcloths

washday washdays

washdish

washdown washdowns

washed acidwashed

washed backwashed

washed blackwashed

washed colorwashed

washed colourwashed

washed dishwashed

washed flatwashed

washed greenwashed

washed handwashed

washed limewashed

washed overwashed

washed powerwashed

washed rainwashed brainwashed unbrainwashed

washed rewashed prewashed

washed riverwashed

washed sheetwashed

washed sidewashed

washed stonewashed

washed swashed

washed underwashed

washed unwashed

washed washeddown

washed washedout

washed washedup

washed whitewashed unwhitewashed

washer backwasher backwashers

washer blackwasher blackwashers

washer brainwasher brainwashers

washer brushwasher brushwashers

washer dishwasher dishwashers

washer gullywasher gullywashers

washer handwasher handwashers

washer limewasher limewashers

washer powerwasher powerwashers

washer rewasher rewashered

washer rewasher rewashering

washer rewasher rewashers

washer swasher swashers

washer washeries

washer washerless

washer washerman

washer washermen

washer washers backwashers

washer washers blackwashers

washer washers brainwashers

washer washers brushwashers

washer washers dishwashers

washer washers gullywashers

washer washers handwashers

washer washers limewashers

washer washers powerwashers

washer washers rewashers

washer washers swashers

washer washers whitewashers

washer washers woolwashers

washer washerwife

washer washerwives

washer washerwoman

washer washerwomen

washer washery washeryman

washer washery washerymen

washer whitewasher whitewashers

washer woolwasher woolwashers

washes acidwashes

washes backwashes

washes blackwashes

washes carwashes

washes colorwashes

washes colourwashes

washes dishwashes

washes eggwashes

washes eyewashes

washes flatwashes

washes greenwashes

washes handwashes

washes limewashes

washes mouthwashes

washes outwashes

washes overwashes

washes pigwashes

washes powerwashes

washes rainwashes brainwashes

washes rewashes prewashes

washes riverwashes

washes sheetwashes

washes sidewashes

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washeteria washeterias

washhouse washhouses

washing acidwashing

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washing blackwashing

washing colorwashing

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washing dishwashing dishwashings

washing flatwashing

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washing handwashing

washing limewashing

washing overwashing

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washing rainwashing brainwashing brainwashings

washing rewashing prewashing

washing riverwashing

washing sheetwashing

washing sidewashing

washing stonewashing

washing swashing

washing underwashing

washing washings brainwashings

washing washings dishwashings

washing washings whitewashings

washing whitewashing whitewashings

washmaid washmaids

washman

washmen

washout washouts

washpan washpans

washpot washpots

washproof

washrag washrags

washroom washrooms

washshed washsheds

washstand washstands

washtray washtrays

washtrough washtroughs

washtub washtubs

washup washups

washwater washwaters

washwipe washwipes

washwoman

washwomen

washy swashy

washy wishywashy

whitewash whitewashed unwhitewashed

whitewash whitewasher whitewashers

whitewash whitewashes

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