adj
(pharmacology) Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
v
(intransitive, colloquial) To wash oneself.
n
(derogatory) The practice of making unverified or misleading claims which misrepresent the appropriate level of human supervision required by a partially or semi-autonomous product, service, or technology.
adj
Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.
v
Alternative spelling of backwash [To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.]
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(intransitive) To sunbathe.
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(transitive, rare) To wash all over; drench with water.
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(derogatory) An alteration of this kind.
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(transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
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(transitive) to wash something onto the shore.
n
(slang) A sexual act involving defecating on someone's chest, then sitting in it and rolling back and forth like a steamroller.
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A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for vaginal irrigation.
n
(countable, uncountable) The washing out of the eyes with copious water (usually water alone) to quickly remove an irritant, as for example in laboratories and industrial plants.
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(transitive, intransitive) To take a firebath.
n
A wipe or similar product designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
n
Alternative spelling of gray water [Water that is not clean enough to be potable, such as having been used for washing, but not contaminated with fecal matter or other source of dangerous bacteria or dangerous or noxious materials.]
n
A spraying or washing with a hose.
n
Alternative form of hotwash [Discussions and evaluations of an agency's (or multiple agencies') performance following an exercise, training session, or major event.]
v
(transitive) To wash or blast with a pressurized jet of water.
v
(intransitive) To spray out of a container.
v
Alternative form of jetwash [(transitive) To remove something (especially dirt or graffiti) by spraying it with high-pressure water.]
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(transitive) To remove something (especially dirt or graffiti) by spraying it with high-pressure water.
v
(transitive) To lather; to cover with suds
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(US, slang, humorous) The "washing" of a motor vehicle by a rainstorm.
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Alternative form of pressurewash [To clean a surface or area using a pressure washer.]
v
Alternative form of pressurewash [To clean a surface or area using a pressure washer.]
n
Alternative form of pressure washer [A mechanical device that uses a pump to generate a high-pressure stream of water (up to 5000 PSI - residential/commercial and up to 70000 PSI for commercial/industrial uses) to clean surfaces.]
n
Alternative form of pressure washer [A mechanical device that uses a pump to generate a high-pressure stream of water (up to 5000 PSI - residential/commercial and up to 70000 PSI for commercial/industrial uses) to clean surfaces.]
v
To wash by the action of rain.
v
(dialectal) Alternative form of rinse [(transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.]
v
Obsolete form of rinse. [(transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.]
n
The act of washing something again
v
(transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.
v
(paleontology) To sift sediment through open boxes with screens at the bottom, as a technique for finding microfossils.
v
(followed by with) To spray with (a specified liquid).
n
A perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather, sometimes in adjustable patterns.
v
(transitive) To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice.
v
(transitive) To impart a stonewashed effect to (clothing).
v
(obsolete, transitive) To wash with a cosmetic water, said by some to be prepared from sulphur.
v
To clean or rinse by means of a syringe.
n
A shower equipped with a showerhead that is attached to a long hose.
v
(intransitive) To use a vacuum cleaner.
v
(mining) To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
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To eliminate or destroy by fast-moving water, such as a flood or a high sea.
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To wash something completely from top to bottom.
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(informal) To pay for itself; to make enough revenue to cover the costs of its production.
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(transitive, intransitive) To remove (or be removed) by washing.
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(colloquial, humorous) To remove or erase unwanted images from one's mind.
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(idiomatic) To absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for; to refuse to have any further involvement with.
v
(often imperative) To watch one's mouth, especially regarding swear words.
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To remove something by washing.
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(intransitive) To be carried by water to land.
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(colloquial) To have an effect on (a person); persuade; be acceptable to.
n
Alternative form of washout [An appliance designed to wash something out.]
n
(chiefly Australia) The washing away of earth, a road, structure etc. by flood, or the channel caused by this.
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Obsolete spelling of wash [To clean with water.]
n
The process of material being washed off a surface, for example by rainfall.
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The cleaning of the inside of a (locomotive) boiler to remove scale (limescale).
n
(childish or poetic, rare) A wash, an act of washing.
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To smooth with a sponge.
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(Britain) A device that pumps water mixed with detergent from a tank through small nozzles on to the windscreen/windshield of a car in order to clean it.
v
(transitive, plumbing) To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
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To squeeze (wet clothing or cloth), either by twisting with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water.
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