noun

1. WASH, the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
2. WASH, any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
3. WASH, garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
4. WASH, a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
5. WASH, a thin coat of water-base paint
6. WASH, the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
7. WASH, the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
8. WASH, the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
9. WASH, an act of cleaning something by using water and soap : an act of washing something
10. WASH, a group of clothes, towels, sheets, etc., that are being washed or that are going to be washed
11. WASH, the movement of water ; especially : the waves made in the water after a moving boat passes by

verb

1. WASH, to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
2. WASH, cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
3. WASH, wash or flow against
4. WASH, make moist
5. WASH, form by erosion
6. WASH, remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
7. WASH, apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
8. WASH, clean with some chemical process
9. WASH, cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
10. WASH, separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
11. WASH, move by or as if by water
12. WASH, admit to testing or proof
13. WASH, be capable of being washed
14. WASH, to clean (something) with water and usually soap
15. WASH, to carry (something) by the movement of water
16. WASH, to be carried by the movement of water

1. We have to wash the dishes.
2. Did you wash your hands?
3. The flooding washed sand and silt all over the area.
4. My jeans are in the wash.
5. We could hear the wash of the waves against the rocks.
6. The wash from speedboats is dangerous for swimmers.