Definition of "Wash" :

noun: the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

noun: any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

"At the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash."

noun: garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

noun: a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other

noun: a thin coat of water-base paint

noun: the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

noun: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

noun: the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

"From the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water."

verb: to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

"The cat washes several times a day."

verb: cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

verb: wash or flow against

verb: make moist

verb: form by erosion

"The river washed a ravine into the mountainside."

verb: remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

"He washed the dirt from his coat."

verb: apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to

verb: clean with some chemical process

verb: cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

"Wash the towels, please!."

verb: separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

verb: move by or as if by water

"The swollen river washed away the footbridge."

verb: admit to testing or proof

"This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court."

verb: be capable of being washed

"Does this material wash?."