1. (noun) wash
a thin coat of water-base paint
2. (noun) wash, washing, lavation
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
3. (noun) wash, dry wash
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
4. (noun) 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"
5. (noun) slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
6. (noun) wash, wash drawing
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
7. (noun) laundry, wash, washing, washables
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
8. (verb) 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"
9. (verb) wash, rinse
clean with some chemical process
10. (verb) wash, lave
cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
11. (verb) wash, launder
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
"Wash the towels, please!"
12. (verb) wash
move by or as if by water
"The swollen river washed away the footbridge"
13. (verb) wash
be capable of being washed
"Does this material wash?"
14. (verb) wash
admit to testing or proof
"This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"
15. (verb) wash
separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
16. (verb) wash
apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
17. (verb) 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"
18. (verb) wash
form by erosion
"The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
19. (verb) moisten, wash, dampen
make moist
"The dew moistened the meadows"
20. (verb) lave, lap, wash
wash or flow against
"the waves laved the shore"
21. (verb) wash
to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
"The cat washes several times a day"
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Definition of 'wash' 
