wash
1. a thin coat of water-base paint (Freq. 6)
• Hypernyms:
water-base paint
• Hyponyms:
blackwash, calcimine, color wash, colour wash, whitewash
2. the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
washing, lavation
• Derivationally related forms:
lave (for: lavation), wash (for: washing)
• Hypernyms:
work
• Hyponyms:
washup, bathing, ablution, dishwashing, washing-up,
window-washing, rinse, soak, soaking, laundering
• Part Meronyms:
rinse, rinsing
3. the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
dry wash
• Regions:
West, western United States
• Hypernyms:
streambed, creek bed
4. 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
• Syn:
washout
• Derivationally related forms:
wash out (for: washout)
• Hypernyms:
soil erosion
• Hyponyms:
rain-wash
5. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
• Syn:
slipstream, airstream, race, backwash
• Hypernyms:
flow
6. a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
• Syn:
wash drawing
• Hypernyms:
watercolor, water-color, watercolour, water-colour
7. garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
• Syn:
laundry, washing, washables
• Derivationally related forms:
launder (for: laundry)
• Hypernyms:
garment, white goods, household linen
8. any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
- at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
• Hypernyms:
business activity, commercial activity
1. clean with some chemical process (Freq. 13)
• Syn:
rinse
• Derivationally related forms:
rinse (for: rinse), washable, washer
• Hypernyms:
serve, process, swear out
• Hyponyms:
elute
• Verb Group:
launder, wash out, wash off, wash away
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They wash the cape
2. cleanse (one's body) with soap and water (Freq. 9)
• Syn:
lave
• See Also:
wash up
• Derivationally related forms:
lavation (for: lave), lavage (for: lave), washing
• Hypernyms:
cleanse, clean
• Hyponyms:
sponge down, scrub, scrub up, gargle, rinse,
shampoo, hush
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They wash
- They wash themselves
3. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water (Freq. 7)
- Wash the towels, please!
• Syn:
launder
• Derivationally related forms:
laundry (for: launder), washable, washer
• Hypernyms:
clean, make clean
• Hyponyms:
water-wash, wash out, pressure-wash, powerwash, suds,
rinse, rinse off, cradle, stonewash, stone-wash, handwash,
hand-wash, machine wash, machine-wash, acid-wash
• Verb Group:
rinse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They wash the cape
4. move by or as if by water (Freq. 2)
- The swollen river washed away the footbridge
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
5. be capable of being washed
- Does this material wash?
• Derivationally related forms:
washable
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Group:
launder
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something ----s Adjective/Noun
6. admit to testing or proof
- This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court
• Hypernyms:
stand
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
7. separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
• Hypernyms:
separate
• Hyponyms:
pan, pan out, pan off
• Verb Group:
rinse
• Entailment:
rinse, rinse off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Hyponyms:
whitewash
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
9. 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
• Syn:
wash out, wash off, wash away
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Group:
rinse, wash out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
10. form by erosion
- The river washed a ravine into the mountainside
• Hypernyms:
erode, eat away, fret
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
11. make moist
- The dew moistened the meadows
• Syn:
moisten, dampen
• Derivationally related forms:
dampener (for: dampen), dampening (for: dampen), moistener (for: moisten), moisture (for: moisten), moistening (for: moisten)
• Hypernyms:
wet
• Hyponyms:
humidify, moisturize, moisturise, baste
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
12. wash or flow against
- the waves laved the shore
• Syn:
lave, lap
• Hypernyms:
flow
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
13. to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
- The cat washes several times a day
• Hypernyms:
cleanse, clean
• Verb Group:
lave
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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