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wash en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /wɔɹʃ/ (dialectal) r-insertion
  • /wæʃ/ (obsolete)
  • /wɒʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /wɛʃ/ (Northumbria)
  • /wɔʃ/ (dialectal)
  • (UK) audio
  • /wɑʃ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *wodsḱéti Proto-Germanic *waskaną Proto-West Germanic *waskan Old English wascan Middle English wasshen English wash From Middle English wasshen, waschen, weschen (“to wash”), from Old English wascan (“to wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *waskan (“to wash”), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, *watskaną (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet, water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (“to wash”), West Frisian waskje (“to wash”), Dutch wassen, wasschen (“to wash”), Low German waschen (“to wash”), German waschen (“to wash”), Danish vaske (“to wash”), Faroese and Icelandic vaska (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Nynorsk vaske, vaska (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”). The noun is cognate with Saterland Frisian Waaske (“wash”), West Frisian wask (“wash”), Dutch was (“wash”), Low German Wask, Waske (“wash”), German Wäsche (“wash”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish vask (“wash”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
    • My jacket needs a wash.
    • I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A liquid used for washing.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
    • mouth wash
    • hand wash
  4. (countable, uncountable) The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
    • There's a lot in that wash: maybe you should split it into two piles.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
  6. (countable, uncountable) The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
    • I could hear the wash of the wave.
    • […] the wind in the cordage and the wash of the sea helped the more to put them beyond earshot […] 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 16, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
    • Bradly posed Cora against the incessantly moving patterns of the wash and set to work with nervous haste, alarmed at the difficult problem of water in movement. 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 192:
  7. (countable, uncountable) The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular: ▸ The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
    • Sail away from the wash to avoid rocking the boat.
    • The ship left a big wash
    • To date, much of the research undertaken on high-speed vessel wake wash has appeared only as unpublished reports for various authorities and management agencies. 2003, Guidelines for Managing Wake Wash from High-speed Vessels: Report of Working Group 41 of the Maritime Navigation Commission, PIANC, →ISBN, page 5:
  8. (countable, uncountable) The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular: ▸ The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
  9. (countable, uncountable) The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular: ▸ The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
  10. (countable, uncountable) The blade of an oar.
  11. (countable, uncountable) Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
    • The wash of pastures, fields, commons, and roads, […]where rain water hath a long time settled. 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:
  12. (countable, uncountable) A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
    • These Lincoln washes have devoured them. c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vi]:
  13. (countable, uncountable) A shallow body of water.
  14. (countable, uncountable) In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream.
    • ...though the wash may carry surface water for only a few hours a year. 1999, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert:
    • Rock Spring Wash continues a short distance then joins Watson Wash. Water from Rock Spring comes out of the boulder strewn wash and disappears into the sand 2005, Le Hayes, Pilgrims in the Desert: The Early History of the East Mojave Desert:
    • Near-synonyms: arroyo, wadi, nahal (synonymous other than regiolectal specificity)
    • 1997, Stanley Desmond Smith, et al. Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants, Nature In some desert-wash systems (which have been termed “xero-riparian”)
  15. (countable, idiomatic, uncountable) A situation in which gains and losses or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent, or in which there is no net change.
    • I knew that for every vote I cast for, say, the Republicans, some kid at a polling place nearby was casting his votes for the Democrats, so it was probably a wash or close to it. 2003, David Brenner, I Think There's a Terrorist in My Soup, page 100:
  16. (countable, slang, uncountable) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
  17. (countable, uncountable) Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
  18. (countable, uncountable) In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
  19. (countable, uncountable) A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
    • In order to augment the vinosity of the wash, many substances are recommended by Dr. Shaw, such as tartar, nitre, common salt, and the vegetable or mineral acids. 1793, Bryan Edwards, History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies:
  20. (countable, uncountable) A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
  21. (countable, uncountable) Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
  22. (countable, uncountable) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
    • a carriage wash in a stable
  23. (countable, uncountable) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
  24. (countable, uncountable) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
  25. (countable, uncountable) A total failure; a washout.

Forms

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Deriveds

cagewash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · hairwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · mindwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · washhouse (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · Black Mesa Wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · washpit (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · Pacoima Wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · washbag (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · wash sale (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · overwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · sheepwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · toothwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · downwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · Wepo Wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · rewash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · washdish (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · landwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · screenwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · Tujunga Wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · wash barrel (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · eyewash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · pinkwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · yellow wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · hand wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · slopewash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · wish-wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · wash leather (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · Oraibi Wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · come out in the wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · washless (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · whitewash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · washland (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · wash machine (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · riverwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · washplace (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · Chinle Wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · blackwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · inwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · wash-gilding (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · colourwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · washday (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · prop wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · washboard (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · washkit (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · prewash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · awash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · arsewash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · facewash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · greenwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · outwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · wash trading (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · egg wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · pigswash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · wash and brushup (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · washcloth (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · car wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · by-wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · wash line (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · powerwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · hillwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · wash trade (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · pigwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · Polacca Wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · paste-wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · rainwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · mouthwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · backwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · upwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · wash bottle (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · hot wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · Moenkopi Wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · sheep wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · washbowl (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · wheel wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · dogwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · earthwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · wash room (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · carwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · handwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · hogwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · wash basket (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · Oljato Wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · washout (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · stonewash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · boil wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · body wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · wash house (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · washbasin (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · limewash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · brainwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · pommie wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · gully wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · power wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · hotwash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · Dinnebito Wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · dry wash (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?) · washletwashpan (see also Derived terms from the verb (some here might belong there, and vice versa, but it isn't important, right?)

Relateds

WASH

Synonyms

wadi · dry wash · arroyo · nahal

Translations (74)

bg килватер (wake of a ship) · mi kōriporipo (turbulence left by airplane) · sv tvätt (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · ru мытьё (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · ga anallas (distilling: fermented wort) · par hunuppin (normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream) · fi mäski (mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings) · bg пране (clothes washed at a time) · bg нанос (ground washed away to the sea or a river) · es lavado (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · bg сухо корито (normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream) · fi rankki (distilling: fermented wort) · fi huuhde (liquid for washing) · fi tasapeli (situation in which losses and gains are equivalent) · ru попу́тная струя́ (wake of a ship) · mi kōriporipo (wake of a ship) · ja 洗濯 (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · bg прибо́й (sound of breaking seas) · fr lavage (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · fi jokiuoma (normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream) · mi peita waimeha (painting) · gl lavadura (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · fi kouru (architecture: structure shaped so as to receive and carry off water) · fi -huuhde (lotion) · ja 洗浄 (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · ru бельё (clothes washed at a time) · fi pesuneste (liquid for washing) · de Lavierung (painting) · fi pyykki (clothes washed at a time) · pl lawowanie (painting) · wa lavaedje (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · km ការលាង (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · wa machinêye (clothes washed at a time) · uk прання́ (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · fi peräaalto (wake of a ship) · fi (aaltojen) kohina (sound of breaking seas) · par okkwaitaippüh (normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream) · ru лосьо́н (lotion) · lb Wäsch (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · sv lavering (painting) · es enjuague (lotion) · tl hugas (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · bg перо (nautical: blade of an oar) · ru кильва́тер (wake of a ship) · fi matalikko (shallow body of water) · ru полоска́ние (lotion) · fr oeud (normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream) · ru мелково́дье (shallow body of water) · bg миене (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · fi -saippua (lotion) · nl was (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · fi vanavesi (wake of a ship) · wa bouwêye (clothes washed at a time) · fr machine (clothes washed at a time) · fi laveeraus (painting) · fi wadi (normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream) · eo lavado (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · gl lavado (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · ca rentada (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · ru прибо́й (sound of breaking seas) · pt lavagem (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · pdt Wausch (clothes washed at a time) · fi pesu (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · bg локва (shallow body of water) · ru сти́рка (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · fi särkkä (piece of ground washed by the action of water) · de Wäsche (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · fi -vesi (lotion) · uk миття́ (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · la lōtiō (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water) · fi metallointi (thin coat of metal laid on anything) · fi jättöpyörre (turbulence left by airplane) · fi lape (nautical: blade of an oar) · fi huuhtouma (ground washed away to the sea or a river)

wikipedia: Samuel Wallis

wash en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /wɔɹʃ/ (dialectal) r-insertion
  • /wæʃ/ (obsolete)
  • /wɒʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /wɛʃ/ (Northumbria)
  • /wɔʃ/ (dialectal)
  • (UK) audio
  • /wɑʃ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *wodsḱéti Proto-Germanic *waskaną Proto-West Germanic *waskan Old English wascan Middle English wasshen English wash From Middle English wasshen, waschen, weschen (“to wash”), from Old English wascan (“to wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *waskan (“to wash”), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, *watskaną (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet, water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (“to wash”), West Frisian waskje (“to wash”), Dutch wassen, wasschen (“to wash”), Low German waschen (“to wash”), German waschen (“to wash”), Danish vaske (“to wash”), Faroese and Icelandic vaska (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Nynorsk vaske, vaska (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”). The noun is cognate with Saterland Frisian Waaske (“wash”), West Frisian wask (“wash”), Dutch was (“wash”), Low German Wask, Waske (“wash”), German Wäsche (“wash”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish vask (“wash”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To clean with water.
    • Dishwashers wash dishes way more efficiently than most humans.
    • Wash the vegetables, drain off the surplus water, and pack them in a keg, crock, or other utensil until it is nearly full 1917, Lester Angell Round, Harold Locke Lang, Preservation of vegetables by fermentation and salting, page 9:
    • This new washing powder rlly washes bedclothes superwhite.
    • If using celery or okra, wash the vegetables in safe water. 1971, Homemaking Handbook: For Village Workers in Many Countries, page 101:
    • The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.
    • Wash the vegetables thoroughly; even a little dirt can contain bacteria. Wash vegetables individually under running water. 2010, Catherine Abbott, The Everything Grow Your Own Vegetables Book: Your Complete Guide to planting, tending, and harvesting vegetables, Everything Books, →ISBN, page 215:
  2. (transitive) To carry away or erode by the force of water in motion.
    • Don't pour that in the drain; it will wash downstream.
    • Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
    • The remaining flotsam was washed ashore.
    • The flood washed away houses.
  3. (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
  4. (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
    • I wash every morning after getting up.
  5. (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
    • fresh-blown roses washed with dew a. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:
    • [the landscape] washed with a cold, grey mist 1858 October 16, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Courtship of Miles Standish”, in The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:
    • Waves wash the shore.
  6. (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
    • to hear the water washing
    • I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, / And the wild water lapping on the crag. 1870, Alfred Tennyson, “The Passing of Arthur”, in The Holy Grail and Other Poems, London: Strahan and Co., […], →OCLC, page 144:
  7. (intransitive) To withstand being washed without impairment, as clothing, especially dyed clothing.
  8. (figuratively, in the negative, intransitive) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
    • Claims of a lack of parliamentary time don't wash. 2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “Comment: GBR now! We have no Plan B”, in RAIL, number 984, page 3:
    • “And then, how could he know it was her coffee? No, old fellow, I don’t think that will wash.” 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 128:
    • 2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012 issue, The Jordan and its king: As beleaguered as ever The king is running out of ideas as well as cash. His favourite shock-absorbing tactic—to blame his governments and sack his prime ministers—hardly washes.
    • It won’t wash this time because Democrats smell blood, because Trump’s own supporters remain fixated and because the president’s refusal to release the Epstein files only adds to the intrigue. 2025 September 9, David Smith, “The president doth protest too much: Trump’s denial on Epstein is backfiring”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • I don't find the answers you have given will wash with the general public. And eventually, if they don't wash, then these deductions will be gone. 1985, Bob Packwood, “Tax Reform Proposals: Hearing Before the Committee on Finance”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, page 52:
    • Laureano singled out for criticism several board members who resisted the creation of the MAC and who suggested instead that the board deal with "reverse discrimination." "That doesn't wash," said Laureano. "It's just a knee-jerk reaction to what we are trying to achieve." 1988 April 16, Chris Bull, “PWA Group Struggles To Reach People of Color”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
  9. (intransitive) To bear without damage the operation of being washed; to be suitable for washing.
    • Some calicoes do not wash.
  10. (transitive) To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
  11. (transitive) To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
    • steel washed with silver
  12. (transitive) To pass or extract (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
    • Aqueous washings are done to remove water soluble impurities from organic products since normally the compound that you desire will be dissolved in the organic layer[…] 2012, MIT OpenCourseWare, Chemistry Laboratory Techniques, page 1:
  13. To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
  14. (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
  15. To mix up tiles (before a new game) to make them random; to shuffle.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
washen Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part archaic lexicographic
washing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wash Number=Plur, Tense=Pres lexicographic
wash VerbForm=Inf lexicographic
wash Mood=Sub, Tense=Pres lexicographic
wash Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Pres lexicographic
wash Mood=Imp, Tense=Pres lexicographic
wash Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres lexicographic
washes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
washed Number=Plur, Tense=Past lexicographic
washed Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Past lexicographic
washed Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past lexicographic
washed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
washed Mood=Sub, Tense=Past lexicographic
washed Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Past lexicographic
washed Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

washrack (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washway (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washed out (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · miswash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washwoman (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash up (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash out one's mouth (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · mindwash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash over (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · straightwash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · dishwasher (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washdirt (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash-and-wear (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washrag (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · underwash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washline (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washwater (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash-ball (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash a blackamoor white (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · fat-wash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washmaid (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · ciswash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washhand (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · co-wash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washtub (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash one's dirty linen in public (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washtrough (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washette (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washwipe (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · screenwash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · powerwash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · jetwash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash its face (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · unwashed (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · overwash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash one's brain out with soap (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash down (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washable (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · sunwashed (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash and squash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washman (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washstand (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washery (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washover (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash away (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · bywash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · whitewash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washed up (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · jet-wash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washshed (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washback (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · upwash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · machine wash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash one's elbows (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washroom (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washless (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash one's dirty laundry in public (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash oneself of (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washstall (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · acid-wash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash and go (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · superwash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washed in the blood (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washer (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · bagwash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washtray (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · bewash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · humanewash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washy (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · hand wash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washee (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washeteria (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · pen-and-wash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washpot (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash off (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · hand-wash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash one's hands (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · ale-washed (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash one's mouth out (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash a negro white (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · boil-wash (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washload (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washplant (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash one's hands of (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washfast (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · wash out (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?) · washproof (see also Derived terms from the noun (some there might belong here, and vice versa, but who cares, right?)

Descendants

washa

Translations (357)

kw golhi (to clean with water — see also deterge) · tl maghugas (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sm fulu (to clean with water — see also deterge) · uz yuvinmoq (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sh isprati (mining: to separate valuable material) · mn угаалга (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fi peseytyä (to clean oneself) · gld силко- (to clean with water — see also deterge) · es lavar (to clean with water — see also deterge) · be праць (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ttj -oga (to clean oneself) · fa شستن (to clean with water — see also deterge) · tt юарга (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ru смыва́ть (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · ca llavar (to clean with water — see also deterge) · te etc. (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ru помы́ть (to clean with water — see also deterge) · it lavarsi (to clean oneself) · eu garbitu (to clean with water — see also deterge) · el βρέχω (to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten) · goh dwahan (to clean with water — see also deterge) · tly şışte (to clean with water — see also deterge) · tyv чунар (to clean oneself) · cv ҫу (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ru мыть (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sh спрати (to be eroded or carried away) · sk myť (to clean with water — see also deterge) · dsb myś se (to clean oneself) · ta துவை (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ru помы́ться (to clean oneself) · bg ми́я (to clean with water — see also deterge) · be памы́ць (to clean with water — see also deterge) · lt pláuti (to clean with water — see also deterge) · cs mýt (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sc samunài (to clean with water — see also deterge) · bua угааха (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ug жуймақ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sv skölja (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · sh спрати (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · grc πλύνω (to clean with water — see also deterge) · mt ħasel (to clean with water — see also deterge) · li aafspeule (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ovd rįesa (to clean with water — see also deterge) · te కడుగు hands (to clean with water — see also deterge) · te dishes (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ka რეცხვა (to clean with water — see also deterge) · kg sukula (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sh спирати (mining: to separate valuable material) · za saeg (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ru размы́ться (to be eroded or carried away) · bn ধোওয়া (to clean with water — see also deterge) · mk мие (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fi kastella (to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten) · om miiccuu (to clean with water — see also deterge) · syl ꠗꠃꠣ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ru постира́ть (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fi kostuttaa (to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten) · ru стира́ть (to clean with water — see also deterge) · kjh чуурға (to clean with water — see also deterge) · it lavare (to clean with water — see also deterge) · hy լվալ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · kab ssired (to clean with water — see also deterge) · bo བཀྲུ་བ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sh испирати (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · zh 沖洗 /冲洗 (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sh spirati (mining: to separate valuable material) · el πλένομαι (to clean oneself) · bg мокря (to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten) · grc λούω (to clean with water — see also deterge) · rup lau (roa-rup) (to clean with water — see also deterge) · haw holoi (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ug يۇماق (to clean with water — see also deterge) · hu elmos (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · sv spola (to be eroded or carried away) · rup spel (roa-rup) (to clean with water — see also deterge) · enm wasshen (to clean oneself) · fi kestää pesun (to bear washing without injury) · et pesema (to clean with water — see also deterge) · nl spoelen (to clean with water — see also deterge) · kk жуу (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sh опрати (to clean oneself) · la lavō (to clean with water — see also deterge) · nl wegspoelen (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · tg шустан (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ka გარეცხვა (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ota یومق (to clean with water — see also deterge) · eo lavi (to clean with water — see also deterge) · be памы́цца (to clean oneself) · tet fase (to clean with water — see also deterge) · cy golchi (to clean with water — see also deterge) · pt lavar-se (to clean oneself) · sl prati (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sah суун (to clean oneself) · rgn lavêr (eml) (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ta அலம்பு (to clean with water — see also deterge) · tyz áp (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ht lave (to clean with water — see also deterge) · zza suwen (diq) (to clean with water — see also deterge) · vi rửa (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ru умыва́ться (to clean oneself) · egy i-a:N35B (to clean with water — see also deterge) · es lavarse (to clean oneself) · eve авдай (to clean with water — see also deterge) · lo ລ້າງ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · pl umyć (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fi silata (to overlay with a thin coat of metal) · evn силкими (to clean with water — see also deterge) · da vaske (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ka ბანვა (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fi huuhtoa (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · ru вы́мыть (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fi pestä (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sga nigid (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sw -nawa (to clean with water — see also deterge) · pap laba (to clean with water — see also deterge) · qu t'aqsay (to clean with water — see also deterge) · lmo lavà (to clean with water — see also deterge) · gl lavar (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ur دھونا (to clean with water — see also deterge) · zdj uyela (to clean oneself) · sc sciacuai (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sv skölja (to be eroded or carried away) · wa rinetyî (to clean with water — see also deterge) · crh cuvmaq (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ceb laba (to clean with water — see also deterge) · hy լվանալ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · es arrastrar (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · zdj uyela (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ru смыть (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · cs prát (to clean with water — see also deterge) · bg изми́вам (to clean with water — see also deterge) · gd nigh (to clean with water — see also deterge) · es lavar (mining: to separate valuable material) · sh пра̏ти (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ja 洗う (to clean with water — see also deterge) · bg убедителен съм (to be convincing) · te కడుక్కొను (to clean oneself) · ka ბანაობა (to clean oneself) · fi huuhtoa (to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten) · sh ми̏ти (to clean with water — see also deterge) · pl myć (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sv två (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sh spirati (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · jv ngumbah (to clean with water — see also deterge) · az yumaq (to clean with water — see also deterge) · tyv чуур (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sw -osha (to clean with water — see also deterge) · is þvo (to clean with water — see also deterge) · izh pursuttaa (to clean with water — see also deterge) · mi horoi (to clean with water — see also deterge) · bo འཁྲུ་བ (to clean oneself) · bg сигурен съм (to be convincing) · sk prať (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sh ispirati (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · sv tvaga (to clean with water — see also deterge) · cu мꙑти (to clean with water — see also deterge) · pl wyprać (to clean with water — see also deterge) · lt mazgoti (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ca rentar (to clean with water — see also deterge) · my ဆေး (to clean with water — see also deterge) · tl hugasan (to clean with water — see also deterge) · scn lavari (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ms mencuci (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ru вы́мыться (to clean oneself) · zh 洗滌 /洗涤 (to clean with water — see also deterge) · tr yumak (to clean with water — see also deterge) · crh yuvmaq (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ast llavar (to clean with water — see also deterge) · izh huuhtoa (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · pl prać (to clean with water — see also deterge) · yi וואַשן (to clean with water — see also deterge) · qu mayllay (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ta கழுவு (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sc samunàre (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ln sukola (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ks چھَلُن (to clean with water — see also deterge) · akl eaba (to clean with water — see also deterge) · rom thovel (to clean with water — see also deterge) · uga 𐎗𐎈𐎕 (to clean with water — see also deterge) · pms lavé (to clean with water — see also deterge) · nci pāca (to clean with water — see also deterge) · jv raup (to clean with water — see also deterge) · nrf laver (nrm) (to clean with water — see also deterge) · bg изми́я (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ota یالدزلامق (to overlay with a thin coat of metal) · qu mayllakuy (to clean oneself) · ug жумақ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · af was (to clean with water — see also deterge) · th ซัก (to clean with water — see also deterge) · gug johéi (to clean with water — see also deterge) · th ล้าง (to clean with water — see also deterge) · bg обогатявам (mining: to separate valuable material) · zh 沖走 /冲走 (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · nds waschen (to clean with water — see also deterge) · hu megmosakszik (to clean oneself) · lb wäschen (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ang þwēan (to clean with water — see also deterge) · grc λούω (to clean oneself) · la luo (to clean with water — see also deterge) · got 𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (to clean with water — see also deterge) · zea wasse (to clean with water — see also deterge) · eu ikuzi (to clean with water — see also deterge) · el πλένω (to clean with water — see also deterge) · hy լվացվել (to clean oneself) · be мы́цца (to clean oneself) · no vaske (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fi sävyttää (to tint lightly and thinly) · pl umyć się (to clean oneself) · grc νίπτω (to clean with water — see also deterge) · li speule (to clean with water — see also deterge) · he רָחַץ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · eve хилкадай (to clean with water — see also deterge) · vi giặt (to clean with water — see also deterge) · bg промивам (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · de waschen (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fr faire sa toilette (to clean oneself) · nl afspoelen (to clean with water — see also deterge) · kaw kumbah (to clean with water — see also deterge) · wa rilaver (to clean with water — see also deterge) · izh pessä (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fi vakuuttaa (to be convincing) · sq lan (to clean with water — see also deterge) · su kumbah (to clean with water — see also deterge) · pt lavar (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ps اندرېيل (to clean with water — see also deterge) · arc ܣܚܐ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sv spola (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · sga ind·aim (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ru размыва́ться (to be eroded or carried away) · ckb شوشتن (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sv vaska (to clean with water — see also deterge) · non þvætta (to clean with water — see also deterge) · evn авми (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ko 씻다 (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ug ياقىماق (to clean with water — see also deterge) · dsb myś (to clean with water — see also deterge) · rm lavar (to clean with water — see also deterge) · he שָׁטַף (to clean with water — see also deterge) · vro mõskma (fiu-vro) (to clean with water — see also deterge) · de sich waschen (to clean oneself) · lt praũsti (to clean with water — see also deterge) · uz yuvmoq (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ug يۇماق (to clean with water — see also deterge) · nl wassen (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sv vaska (mining: to separate valuable material) · swb uhoa (to clean oneself) · be мыць (to clean with water — see also deterge) · lo ຊັກ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · zh(to clean with water — see also deterge) · bcl hugas (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ug يۇيماق (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sv tvätta (to clean with water — see also deterge) · hi धोना (to clean with water — see also deterge) · cho achefa (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ang wascan (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ttj -naaba (to clean oneself) · rhg dúo (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fo vaska (to clean with water — see also deterge) · orv мꙑти (to clean with water — see also deterge) · uk ми́тися (to clean oneself) · oc lavar (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ckb خۆ شوشتن (to clean oneself) · ja 洗面する (to clean oneself) · de wegspülen (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · sh prȁti (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fi huuhtoutua (to be eroded or carried away) · de spülen (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sh oprati (to clean oneself) · ru мы́ться (to clean oneself) · te ఉతుకు clothes (to clean with water — see also deterge) · li wasje (to clean with water — see also deterge) · tyv чугдунар (to clean oneself) · ar غَسَلَ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · uk ми́ти (to clean with water — see also deterge) · mnc ᠣᠪᠣᠮᠪᡳ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ceb hugas (to clean with water — see also deterge) · io lavar (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fa خودشویی (to clean oneself) · sh испрати (mining: to separate valuable material) · sa क्षिपति (to clean with water — see also deterge) · mfe lave (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ga nigh (to clean with water — see also deterge) · br gwalc'hiñ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ale ĝula (to clean with water — see also deterge) · dlg һууй (to clean with water — see also deterge) · as ধোৱা (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sl miti (to clean with water — see also deterge) · yue 沖走 /冲走 (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · hu mos (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ba йыуыу (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ota ییقامق (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ky жуу (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sh спирати (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · os ӕхсын (to clean with water — see also deterge) · li wesje (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sh sprati (to be eroded or carried away) · rm laver (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fr se laver (to clean oneself) · km លាង (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ttt şuştən (to clean with water — see also deterge) · hu kimos (to clean with water — see also deterge) · jv wisuh (to clean with water — see also deterge) · vo lavön (to clean with water — see also deterge) · tsg hugas (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ktu sukula (to clean with water — see also deterge) · kmr şûştin (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sw -fua (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ps ولل (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fi kestää pesua (to bear washing without injury) · fi tiskata (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ru умы́ться (to clean oneself) · isd uxat (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fa فرسودن (to be eroded or carried away) · rup aspel (roa-rup) (to clean with water — see also deterge) · lv mazgāt (to clean with water — see also deterge) · zza hi (diq) (to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten) · bh धोवल (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ga nigh (to clean oneself) · fi huuhtoa (mining: to separate valuable material) · yue(to clean with water — see also deterge) · sc labare (to clean with water — see also deterge) · to kaukau (to clean with water — see also deterge) · id mencuci (to clean with water — see also deterge) · bg пера се (to bear washing without injury) · sh mȉti (to clean with water — see also deterge) · fur lavâ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · bn ধোয়া (to clean with water — see also deterge) · bo ཁྲུ་བ (to clean oneself) · enm wasshen (to clean with water — see also deterge) · bg отмивам се (to be eroded or carried away) · tr yıkamak (to clean with water — see also deterge) · grc νίπτω (to clean oneself) · sw -oga (to clean oneself) · fi pyykätä (to clean with water — see also deterge) · km ដុសលាង (to clean oneself) · fr laver (to clean with water — see also deterge) · bg ми́я се (to clean oneself) · non þvá (to clean with water — see also deterge) · wa laver (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ru промыва́ть (mining: to separate valuable material) · chr ᏕᎬᎩᎶᎠ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · no tvette (to clean with water — see also deterge) · tk ýuwmak (to clean with water — see also deterge) · ru промы́ть (mining: to separate valuable material) · xal уһах (to clean with water — see also deterge) · lo ສ່ວຍ (to clean with water — see also deterge) · hu mosakszik (to clean oneself) · fy waskje (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sh sprati (to move or erode by the force of water in motion) · ota آلتونلمق (to overlay with a thin coat of metal) · ro spăla (to clean with water — see also deterge) · csb mëc (to clean with water — see also deterge) · uk пра́ти (to clean with water — see also deterge) · sg sukula (to clean with water — see also deterge) · mdh ugas (to clean with water — see also deterge) · pl myć się (to clean oneself) · sc samunàe (to clean with water — see also deterge)