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Textual thesaurus for "wash"

(noun) washing, lavation

the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)


(noun) laundry, washables, washing

garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering


(noun) wash drawing

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


(noun) dry wash

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


(noun) airstream, backwash, race, slipstream

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


(noun) washout

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


(verb) lave

cleanse (one's body) with soap and water


(verb) lap, lave

wash or flow against

the waves laved the shore


(verb) dampen, moisten

make moist

The dew moistened the meadows


(verb) wash away, wash off, wash out

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


(verb) rinse

clean with some chemical process


(verb) launder

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

Wash the towels, please!