DICTOMETER

WASHES

(wash, lavar, skylle over, vaske)

1. Synonyms:
   • Wash
   Definitions:
   • a thin coat of water-base paint
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Wash
   • Washing
   • Lavation
   Definitions:
   • the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Wash
   • Dry wash
   Definitions:
   • the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Washout
   • Wash
   Definitions:
   • the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
   Examples:
   • From the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Slipstream
   • Airstream
   • Race
   • Backwash
   • Wash
   Definitions:
   • the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Wash
   • Wash drawing
   Definitions:
   • a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Laundry
   • Wash
   • Washing
   • Washables
   Definitions:
   • garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Wash
   Definitions:
   • any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
   Examples:
   • At the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Wash
   • Rinse
   Definitions:
   • clean with some chemical process
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Wash
   • Lave
   Definitions:
   • cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Wash
   • Launder
   Definitions:
   • cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
   Examples:
   • Wash the towels, please!
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Wash
   Definitions:
   • move by or as if by water
   Examples:
   • The swollen river washed away the footbridge
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Wash
   Definitions:
   • be capable of being washed
   Examples:
   • Does this material wash?
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Wash
   Definitions:
   • admit to testing or proof
   Examples:
   • This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Wash
   Definitions:
   • separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Wash
   Definitions:
   • apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Wash
   • Wash out
   • Wash off
   • Wash away
   Definitions:
   • remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
   Examples:
   • 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. Synonyms:
    • Wash
    Definitions:
    • form by erosion
    Examples:
    • The river washed a ravine into the mountainside
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Moisten
    • Wash
    • Dampen
    Definitions:
    • make moist
    Examples:
    • The dew moistened the meadows
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Lave
    • Lap
    • Wash
    Definitions:
    • wash or flow against
    Examples:
    • The waves laved the shore
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Wash
    Definitions:
    • to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
    Examples:
    • The cat washes several times a day