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WASHES
- pass a liquid (as water) over or through especially so as to carry off material from the surface or interior
- pour, sweep, or flow in a stream or current waves of pioneers washing westward Green Peyton
- to cleanse by or as if by the action of liquid (as water)
- remove (as dirt) by rubbing or drenching with liquid
- cleanse (fur) by licking or by rubbing with a paw moistened with saliva
- flush or moisten (a bodily part or injury) with a liquid
- wet thoroughly drench
- overspread with light suffuse
- flow along or dash or overflow against waves washing the shore
- move, carry, or deposit by or as if by the force of water in motion houses washed away by the flood
- subject (as crushed ore) to the action of water to separate valuable material
- separate (particles) from a substance (as ore) by agitation with or in water
- pass through a bath to carry off impurities or soluble components
- pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid to purify it especially by removing soluble components
- cover or daub lightly with or as if with an application of a thin liquid (as whitewash or varnish)
- depict or paint by a broad sweep of thin color with a brush
- cause to swirl washing coffee around in his cup
- under 3 how the mob washes its money through corrupt bankers Vincent Teresa
- wash oneself or a part of one's body
- become worn away by the action of water
- clean something by rubbing or dipping in water
- become carried along on water drift cakes of ice washing along
- serve as a cleansing agent this soap washes thoroughly
- undergo laundering this dress doesn't wash well
- undergo testing successfully work 4 an interesting theory, but it just won't wash
- gain acceptance inspire belief the story didn't wash with me
- to cleanse with liquid, esp. water
- to flow through or over
- to carry in flowing
- to overlay with a thin coating, as of paint
- to wash oneself, clothes, etc.
- to be carried by water
- the act of washing
- items to be washed
- liquid covering
- rough water or air behind a moving ship or plane
- WASH, to cleanse by immersing in or applying a liquid [v]