to wash

Definition of to wash in English English dictionary: lave; belave; ablute; The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane; The quantity of clothes washed at a time; A shallow body of water; To clean with water; {v} to cleanse with water, purify, whiten, color; {n} a thing to wash with stain, bog, food, in W. Indies, a mixture of dunder, melasses, water and scummings for distillation; A requirement that a participant transfer to or from a competing fund to a GIC not be made directly but be "washed " through an equity fund for a period that is typically three months or longer; apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc , to; {f} cleansing; rinsing; cleaning; cleaning laundry; erode; flood; be rinsed; be flooded; coat with a color; In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo; wadi; separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals); clean with some chemical process; The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once; Gains equal losses; A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation; To clean oneself with water; The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid; (1) To carry, erode, remove, or destroy by the action of moving water To be carried away, removed, or drawn by the action of water Removal or erosion of soil by the action of moving water (2) A deposit of recently eroded debris (3) Low or marshy ground washed by tidal waters A stretch of shallow water (4) (Western United States) The dry bed of a stream, particularly a watercourse associated with an alluvial fan, stream, or river channel Washes are often associated with arid environments and are characterized by large, high energy discharges with high bed-material load transport Washes are often intermittent and their beds sparsely vegetated (5) Turbulence in air or water caused by the motion or action of an oar, propeller, jet, or airfoil; {i} cleansing; rinsing; cleaning; laundry; washable items; detergent; erosion; sweeping of waves; coating; Purchase and sale of the same security either simultaneously or within a short period of time Wash sales taking place within 30 days of the underlying purchase do not qualify as tax losses; be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?"; make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"; to clean with some chemical process cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!" separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals) move by or as if by water; "The swollen river washed away the footbridge" admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court" be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?; the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller; Back: Scottish term for "Fermenter" Made either from wood or stainless steel; An alluvial cone formed by a stream at the base of a mountain; A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion; any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"; If you wash something, you clean it using water and usually a substance such as soap or detergent. He got a job washing dishes in a pizza parlour It took a long time to wash the mud out of his hair Rub down the door and wash off the dust before applying the varnish. Wash is also a noun. That coat could do with a wash The treatment leaves hair glossy and lasts 10 to 16 washes; A lack of progress or regress; no change; To move with a lapping or swashing sound, or the like; to lap; splash; as, to hear the water washing; To cause dephosphorisation of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide; To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves wash the shore; the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water); Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters; the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon); upon the surface; admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"; A liquid preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash; Washy; weak; If a feeling washes over you, you suddenly feel it very strongly and cannot control it. A wave of self-consciousness can wash over her when someone new enters the room; to wash your dirty linen in public: see dirty to wash your hands of something: see hand. An inlet of the North Sea off east-central England. The Wash has a dredged ship channel that leads to King's Lynn. Washington. a wide bay (=an area of sea that curves inwards towards the land) on the east coast of England between Norfolk and Lincolnshire. a written abbreviation of Washington; Waves produced by a boat moving through the water; Usually a watercourse that flows during flood events or intermittently Washes are important as wildlife corridors and habitat Wastewater Recycling The practice of using highly treated effluent from a wastewater treatment plant for landscape irrigation and other non-potable purposes Water Resources Term used to collectively describe groundwater (aquifers), surface water (bays, rivers, creeks, oceans, etc ), precipitation, and water supply Watercourse A lake, river, creek, stream, wash, arroyo, or other channel over which water flows at least periodically "Watercourse" includes specifically designated areas in which substantial flood damage may occur; The wake of a moving ship; The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it; To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, esp; The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; To move by the force of water in motion (as in the flood washed away houses); Gravel and other rock débris transported and deposited by running water; coarse alluvium; Hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water, as a carriage wash in a stable; Type of sink furnished with multiple wash stations; To use washes, as for the face or hair; Wash lighting Stage lighting focussed on stage not in a specific spot, but more as a general lighting over an area Several areas may be combined and balanced to effect an even light over the whole acting area; A dry stream bed; A liquid cosmetic for the complexion; be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?; If you wash or if you wash part of your body, especially your hands and face, you clean part of your body using soap and water. They looked as if they hadn't washed in days She washed her face with cold water You are going to have your dinner, get washed, and go to bed. Wash is also a noun. She had a wash and changed her clothes; Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc; To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; often with away, off, out, etc; from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; a thin coat of water-base paint; apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc; If you say that something such as an item of clothing is in the wash, you mean that it is being washed, is waiting to be washed, or has just been washed and should therefore not be worn or used. Your jeans are in the wash; A casting defect resulting from erosion of sand by metal flowing over the mold or corded surfaces They appear as rough spots and excess metal on the casting surface Also call cuts; To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash; water color

to wash

Hyphenation

to Wash

Turkish pronunciation

tı wôş

Pronunciation

/tə ˈwôsʜ/ /tə ˈwɔːʃ/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.