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  1. transitive verb To cleanse, using water or other liquid, usually with soap, detergent, or bleach, by immersing, dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing: wash one's hands; wash windows.
  2. transitive verb To soak, rinse out, and remove (dirt or stain) with or as if with water: wash grease out of overalls.
  3. transitive verb To make moist or wet; drench: Tears washed the child's cheeks.
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  • Below him the wash was a river of mud and debris roaring toward the oasis pool. —  Asimov's Science Fiction [2001.04]
  • They had discussed raccoons, alias wash-bears, with Jeremy during their first visit to the island. —  The Maine Massacre - Janwillem van de Wetering - Grijpstra-de Gier 07
  • He walked straight into the fore-wash, and fell into an advancing ripple. —  Lawrence - Kangaroo
  • The result is a reasonable approximation of ink and wash, as in my drawing below (larger version here), and makes for a simple, easy to carry, no-mess sketch kit that lets me draw in ink and "wash" wherever I go (though the Tombow Brush-Pen is a bit big to casually carry in a pocket). —  lines and colors :: a blog about drawing, painting, illustration, comics, concept art and other visual arts
  • The homeowners association hasn't received what it was promised in the wash, which is known better for a pool of raw sewage than a place for a family to have a picnic. —  East Valley Tribune - Today's Top Stories
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bath ·  rush ·  shower ·  sweep ·  haze ·  wave ·  spray ·  roll ·  stream ·  splash ·  drain ·  burst

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wash:   washes ·  washing ·  washed
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English washen, from Old English wacsan, wæscan; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English washen, waschen, weschen, wasshen, wascen, wassen, wesse (preterit wesh, wesch, wessch, wessh, wosh, plural weshen, wesshen, wessen, woschen, pp.waschen, iwaschen, iwaschc), from AS.wascan, also waxan (preterit*wōsc or wōx, past participle wascen, wæscen) = Dutch wasschen = Old High German wascan, Middle High German waschen, weschen, German waschen = Icelandic Swedish vaska = Danish vaske (cf. Old French gascher, French gâcher = Italian guazzare, steep in water, from Teutonic); Teutonic *waskan or *waksan, wash (cf. Sanskrit ✓ uksh, sprinkle, wet), perhaps with formative -s from the ✓ wak, wag, moisten, or with formative -sk, from ✓ wat, water, wet (see water, wet). Cf. Old Irish usce, Irish uisce, water (see whisky).
  2. from wash, v.
  3. from wash, v. (cf. washy); perhaps from warsh for wearish.
 

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