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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>WASH</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="wash"> wash, verb, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to clean with water or other liquid. Ex. to wash a floor, wash one's hands, wash clothes, wash dishes. (SYN) cleanse, rinse. <DD> 2. to remove (dirt, stains, paint, or the like) by or as if by scrubbing with soap and water. Ex. Can you wash that spot out? <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to make clean or free from guilt, corruption, or sin; purify. Ex. washed from sin. <DD> 4. (Figurative) to make legitimate; rid of illegality or taint; launder. Ex. Capcom [an investment service] appears to have washed and hidden more than $125 million for clients, including Noriega of Panama (New York Magazine). <DD> 5. to make wet; moisten thoroughly with water or other liquid. Ex. The flowers are washed with dew. <DD> 6. to flow over or past (the shore or coast); beat upon (walls, cliffs, or shore); lave. Ex. a beach washed by waves. <DD> 7. to carry (by a liquid). Ex. Wood is often washed ashore by the waves. <DD> 8. to wear (by water or any liquid). Ex. The cliffs are being slowly washed away by the waves. Rain washed channels in the ground. <DD> 9. to pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid in order to remove impurities or to dissolve out some component. <DD> 10. to cover with color mixed with water or a watery liquid. Ex. The house was washed white. <DD> 11. to cover with a film of metal deposited from a solution. Ex. to wash copper with silver. <DD> 12a. to sift (earth, ore, or the like) by the action of water to separate valuable material, especially gold, from waste. <DD> b. to separate (gold or other valuable mineral) in this way. <DD> 13. (Informal, Figurative.) to dismiss or reject from a school, course of study, or the like, as not qualified or able to be qualified. <DD>v.i. 1. to wash clothes. Ex. Mother usually washes on Monday. She washes for a living. <DD> 2. to wash oneself; wash one's face and hands. Ex. He washed before eating dinner. (SYN) bathe. <DD> 3. to undergo washing without damage. Ex. This material washes well. <DD> 4. to be carried along or away by water or other liquid. Ex. Cargo washed ashore. The topsoil washed away. <DD> 5. to flow or beat with a lapping sound. Ex. The waves washed upon the rock. The flood waters washed against the house. <DD> 6. (Informal, Figurative.) to stand being put to the proof. Ex. patriotism that won't wash. That argument won't wash. <DD>noun 1. the act or process of washing. Ex. to give a dog a wash. <DD> 2. the condition of being washed. Ex. This floor needs a good wash. <DD> 3. a quantity of clothes or other articles washed or to be washed. Ex. She hung the wash on the line. <DD> 4. material carried by moving water and then deposited as sediment; alluvial deposit. A delta is formed by the wash of a river. <DD> 5a. the motion, rush, or sound of water. Ex. We listened to the wash of the waves against the boat. <DD> b. an overflowing or flood, as of sound or light. Ex. The music comes off a bit disjointed at first. But before long you surrender to the sheer wash of sound (Rolling Stone). <DD> 6a. wear or attrition caused by the action of water. <DD> b. the action of rain and flowing water in wearing away or removing soil. Ex. Even after a light rainfall a heavy wash of soil-laden water flows from the high ground into the wadis (Scientific American). <DD> 7a. a tract of land sometimes overflowed with water and sometimes left dry; tract of shallow water; fen, marsh, or bog. <DD> b. a shallow pool or stream formed by the overflow of a river. <DD> 8. (Western U.S.) the dry bed of an intermittent stream. <DD> 9. a liquid for a special use. Ex. a hair wash, a mouthwash. <DD> 10a. a broad, thin layer of water color laid on by a continuous movement of the brush, sometimes partly painted over with other colors while it is still damp. <DD> b. a thin coat of water color or distemper spread over a wall or similar surface; preparation used for this purpose. Ex. Pictures and fragments have ... been inset flush with the wall, which is covered with a honey-coloured wash (Observer). <DD> 11a. waste liquid matter; liquid garbage. Ex. The kitchen wash is given to the pigs. <DD> b. the fermented wort from which the spirit is extracted in distilling. <DD> 12. washy or weak liquid food. <DD> 13. a thin coat of metal. <DD> 14. earth, ore, or the like, from which gold or some other substance can be washed. <DD> 15a. the rough or broken water left behind by a moving ship. <DD> b. a disturbance in air made by an airplane or any of its parts. Ex. prop wash. <DD>adj. that can be washed without damage. Ex. a wash dress. expr. come out in the wash, to be discovered in the end. Ex. It all comes out in the wash, to mock the riddled corpses round Bapaume (Sunday Times). expr. wash down, <DD> a. to wash from top to bottom or from end to end. Ex. to wash down the walls of a kitchen. <DD> b. (Figurative.) to swallow liquid along with or after (solid food) to help in swallowing or digestion. Ex. After his dinner, he washed it all down with a cup of good hot tea. expr. wash out, <DD> a. to cleanse or rinse the interior of. Ex. to wash out one's mouth. It is requisite that it [the bottle] be washed out after every experiment, the last two or three rinsings being made with distilled water (Michael Faraday). <DD> b. to rinse so as to remove soap or other substance from the fabric. Ex. After soaping the dyed cloth she washed it out. <DD> c. (Figurative.) to lose color, body, or vigor. Ex. Candidates should wear light blue or gray shirts because white washes out on the screen (Time). <DD> d. to carry or be carried away by water. Ex. The rain washed out part of the pavement. The road washed out during the storm. <DD> e. (Informal, Figurative.) to cause to lose strength or vitality; wear out. Ex. The old man was just about washed out ... when he died (James T. Farrell). <DD> f. (Informal, Figurative.) to finish; ruin. Ex. The fire completely washed out his business. <DD> g. to call off because of rain. Ex. The first two days of the original match were washed out (London Times). <DD> h. (Slang.) to fail and be released from a school, course of study, or training; flunk out. Ex. He was absent so often that he finally washed out of school. expr. wash up, <DD> a. to wash one's hands and face, as before eating. Ex. When they finished eating lunch, the children went to wash up. <DD> b. to wash the dishes. Ex. His supper over, ... Ernana ... retired into the kitchen to wash up (R. Bagot). <DD> c. (Figurative.) to finish. Ex. Everybody thought he was all washed up as an actor; then he made his big comeback. </DL> <A NAME="wash"> Wash.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Washington. </DL> <A NAME="washability"> washability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being washable. </DL> <A NAME="washable"> washable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be washed without damage. Ex. washable silk. </DL> <A NAME="washandwear"> wash-and-wear, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> specially treated to require little or no ironing after washing and drying. Ex. wash-and-wear fabrics. </DL> <A NAME="washball"> washball, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a ball of soap, sometimes perfumed or medicated, used for washing the hands and face, and for shaving. </DL> <A NAME="washbasin"> washbasin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a basin for holding water to wash one's face and hands. </DL> <A NAME="washboard"> washboard, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a board having ridges on it, used for rubbing the dirt out of clothes. <DD> 2. a baseboard or skirting board. <DD> 3a. a thin board extending upward from the gunwale of a boat as a guard against spray. <DD> b. a similar guard on the sill of a port. <DD>adj. full of ridges or ruts. Ex. a washboard road. </DL> <A NAME="washboiler"> washboiler, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large metal receptacle with a removable cover, for boiling clothes, table linen, and the like. </DL> <A NAME="washbottle"> wash bottle,<DL COMPACT><DD> a glass flask having a stopper that is perforated by tubes, arranged so that by blowing in one tube the water or other liquid in the flask may be forced out in a small stream through another tube. Ex. Wash bottles are used in laboratories, for washing precipitates on filters. </DL> <A NAME="washbowl"> washbowl, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a bowl to hold water to wash one's hands and face. </DL> <A NAME="washcloth"> washcloth, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small cloth for washing oneself. (SYN) washrag. </DL> <A NAME="washday"> washday, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a day when clothes are washed. </DL> <A NAME="washdown"> wash-down, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a washing from top to bottom or from end to end. </DL> <A NAME="washdrawing"> wash drawing,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a representation of an object produced by laying in the shades in washes, with merely the outlines and chief details in line. <DD> 2. the method of producing such representations. </DL> <A NAME="washedout"> washed-out, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. lacking color; faded. <DD> 2. (Informal, Figurative.) lacking life, spirit, or vigor. <DD> 3. damaged by flood; eroded. </DL> <A NAME="washedup"> washed-up, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD> 1a. done with; through, especially after having failed. <DD> b. done for; finished. <DD> 2. fatigued. </DL> <A NAME="washer"> washer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who washes. <DD> 2. a machine that washes; washing machine. <DD> 3. a flat ring of metal, rubber, leather, or plastic with a hole in the middle. Washers are used with bolts or nuts, or to make joints tight, as in a water faucet. <DD> 4. a device for washing gases; scrubber. </DL> <A HREF="washerdr.dic">NEXT</A>