Definitions
1.verbTo clean with water."Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans."
2.verbTo move or erode by the force of water in motion."Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment."
3.verbTo separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
4.verbTo clean oneself with water."I wash every morning after getting up."
5.verbTo cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten."Waves wash the shore."
6.verbTo move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash."to hear the water washing"
7.verbTo be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
8.verbTo be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
9.verbTo bear without injury the operation of being washed."Some calicoes do not wash."
10.verbTo be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
11.verbTo cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
12.verbTo overlay with a thin coat of metal."steel washed with silver"
13.verbTo cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
14.verbTo pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
15.nounThe action of the verb to wash
16.nounClothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry."My mother used to do the washing on a Monday"
17.noun(often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed"The washings have a higher concentration of metal"
18.nounThe liquid used to wash an ore.
19.nounA place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing."the gold-washings, or silver-washings"
20.nounA thin covering or coat."a washing of silver"
21.nounA fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
22.nounThe covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.