wash - noun

a thin coat of water-base paint

the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

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

the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

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

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

garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

wash - verb

• clean with some chemical process
• cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
• cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
• move by or as if by water
• be capable of being washed
• admit to testing or proof
• separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
• apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
• remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
• form by erosion
• make moist
• wash or flow against
• to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

wash - thesaurus

airstream   backwash   dampen   lap   launder   laundry   lavation   lave   moisten   race   rinse   slipstream   washables   washing   washout