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Noun wash has 8 senses

wash - a thin coat of water-base paint
--₁ is a kind of water-base paint
--₁ has particulars:
blackwash; calcimine; color wash, colour wash; whitewash

Derived form: verb wash₈
wash, washing, lavation - the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
--₂ is a kind of work
--₂ has parts: rinse, rinsing
--₂ has particulars:
washup, bathing; ablution; dishwashing, washup; washing-up; window-washing; rinse; soak, soaking; laundering

Derived forms: verb wash₅, verb wash₃, verb wash₁₃, verb wash₂
wash, dry wash - the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
--₃ is a kind of streambed, creek bed
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"
--₄ is a kind of soil erosion
--₄ has particulars: rain-wash
slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash - the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
--₅ is a kind of flow
wash, wash drawing - a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
--₆ is a kind of watercolor, watercolour
laundry, wash, washing, washables - garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
--₇ is a kind of garment; white goods, household linen

Derived forms: verb wash₁, verb wash₃
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"
--₈ is a kind of business activity, commercial activity

Verb wash has 13 senses

wash, rinse - clean with some chemical process
--₁ is one way to wash, launder

Derived forms: noun wash₇, noun washer₁, noun washer₃
Sample sentence:
They wash the cape
wash, lave - cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
--₂ is one way to cleanse, clean

Derived forms: noun wash₂, noun washing₁
Sample sentences:
They wash
They wash themselves
wash, launder - cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"
--₃ is one way to clean, make clean

Derived forms: noun wash₇, noun wash₂, noun washer₁, noun washer₃
Sample sentence:
They wash the cape
wash - move by or as if by water; "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"
--₄ is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
wash - be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?"
--₅ is one way to be

Derived form: noun wash₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
wash - admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"
--₆ is one way to stand
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
wash - separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
--₇ is one way to separate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
wash - apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
--₈ is one way to cover

Derived form: noun wash₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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"
--₉ is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
wash - form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
--₁₀ is one way to erode, eat away, fret
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
moisten, wash, dampen - make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"
--₁₁ is one way to wet
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
lave, lap, wash - wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore"
--₁₂ is one way to flow
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
wash - to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day"
--₁₃ is one way to cleanse, clean

Derived form: noun wash₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s