Definitions for washes

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washes wash

Spelling: [wosh, wawsh]

IPA: /wɒʃ, wɔʃ/

Washes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in washes (aehssw).

Definitions for washes

noun

1. the act or process of washing with water or other liquid:
2. a quantity of clothes, linens, etc., washed, or to be washed, at one time:
3. a liquid with which something is washed, wetted, colored, overspread, etc.:
4. the flow, sweep, dash, or breaking of water:
5. the sound made by this:
6. water moving along in waves or with a rushing movement:
7. the rough or broken water left behind a moving ship, boat, etc.; wake:
8. Aeronautics. the disturbance in the air left behind by a moving airplane or any of its parts:
9. any of various liquids for grooming or cosmetic purposes:
10. a lotion or other liquid having medicinal properties, as an antiseptic solution or the like (often used in combination):
11. Mining. minerals from which valuable material can be extracted by washing.
12. the wearing away of the shore by breaking waves.
13. a tract of land washed by the action of the sea or a river.
14. a marsh, fen, or bog.
15. a small stream or shallow pool.
16. a shallow arm of the sea or a shallow part of a river.
17. a depression or channel formed by flowing water.
18. Geology. alluvial matter transferred and deposited by flowing water.
19. Also called dry wash. Western U.S. the dry bed of an intermittent stream.
20. a broad, thin layer of color applied by a continuous movement of the brush, as in water-color painting.
21. Also called watershed, weathering. Architecture. an upper surface so inclined as to shed rain water from a building. any member of a building having such a surface.
22. Metalworking.. Also, washing. a thin coat of metal applied in liquid form:
23. waste liquid matter, refuse, food, etc., from the kitchen, as for hogs; swill (often used in combination):
24. washy or weak liquor or liquid food.
25. the fermented wort from which the spirit is extracted in distilling.
26. Informal. an action that yields neither gain nor loss:
27. The, a shallow bay of the North Sea, on the coast of E England. 20 miles (32 km) long; 15 miles (24 km) wide.

Idioms

1. come out in the wash, to have a good or satisfactory result; turn out eventually: to be revealed; become known.
2. wash one's hands of. hand (def 90).

adjective

1. capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.; washable:

Verb phrases

1. wash down, to clean completely by washing: to facilitate the swallowing of (food or medicine) by drinking water or other liquid:
2. wash out, to be removed by washing: to damage or demolish by the action of water: Informal. to fail to qualify or continue; be eliminated: to become dim, indistinct, or blurred:
3. wash up, to wash one's face and hands: to wash (dishes, flatware, pots, etc.): to end, especially ignominiously (usually in the passive):

verb (used with object)

1. to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
2. to remove (dirt, stains, paint, or any matter) by or as by the action of water (usually followed by out, off, etc.):
3. to free from spiritual defilement or from sin, guilt, etc.:
4. to bathe, wet, or moisten with water or other liquid:
5. to flow through, over, or against:
6. to carry, bring, remove, or deposit (something) by means of water or any liquid, or as the water or liquid does (often followed by up, down, or along):
7. to wear or diminish, as water does by flowing over or against a surface (often followed by out or away):
8. (of water) to form by flowing over and eroding a surface:
9. Mining. to subject (earth or ore) to the action or force of water in order to separate valuable material. to separate (valuable material) in this way.
10. to purify (a gas or gaseous mixture) by passage through or over a liquid.
11. to cover with a watery or thin coat of color.
12. to overlay with a thin coat or deposit of metal:
13. Slang. launder (def 3).

verb (used without object)

1. to wash oneself:
2. to wash clothes:
3. to cleanse anything with or in water or other liquid.
4. to undergo washing without injury, especially shrinking or fading:
5. Informal. to be found true, valid, or real when tested or closely scrutinized; stand being put to the proof:
6. to be carried or driven by water (often followed by along or ashore):
7. to flow or beat with a lapping sound, as waves on a shore.
8. to move along in or as in waves, or with a rushing movement, as water.
9. to be eroded, as by a stream or by rainfall:
10. to be removed by the action of water (often followed by away):

Origin of washes

before 900; Middle English washen (v.), Old English wascan (cognate with Dutch wasschen, German waschen, Old Norse vaska) Germanic *watskan, equivalent to *wat- (root of

Examples for washes

When you come out, we'll settle who's to cook and who to wash dishes.

And so if two candidates are a wash on matters of civil rights, why not go for the guy who is going to cut your taxes?

Then it's settled that you do the cooking and I wash the dishes?

Another boy walks around and offers a water jug and basin for everyone to wash their hands.

A limited edition export stout known as the Indra Kunindra came to wash it down.

Get a flu shot, wash your hands, and cover your mouth when you cough.

She details how he, for many years, wanted no one but her to wash, clothe, and feed him.

He has the sense to wash his face first, for he knows he will have to come.

Mary, I'll wash the breakfast dishes, as my mother used to do!

You go an' wash your 'ands, an' I'll 'ave your dinner up in 'alf a jiff!