Nouns (11)
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wash
n. a thin coat of water-base paint
wash
n. any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"
washout, wash
n. 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"
laundry, wash, washing, washables
n. garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
wash, washing, lavation
n. the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
Verbs (11)
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wash
v. form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
wash
v. apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
wash
v. to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day"
wash, rinse
v. clean with some chemical process
lave, lap, wash
v. wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore"
moisten, wash, dampen
v. make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"
Adverbs (0)
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Adjectives (0)
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Fuzzynyms (32)
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bath
n. you soak and wash your body in a bathtub; "he has a good bath every morning"
submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing
n. the act of wetting something by submerging it
flush, scour, purge
v. rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
cleanse
v. purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"
scour, abrade
v. rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
sponge
v. wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
wipe, pass over
v. rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth"
dry, dry out
v. become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun"
flush, scour, purge
v. rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
hose, hose down
v. water with a hose; "hose the lawn"
douse
v. lower quickly; "douse a sail"
drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
rub
v. move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"
scour, abrade
v. rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
slurp
v. eat noisily; "He slurped his soup"
Synonyms (1)
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wash up
v. be carried somewhere by water or as if by water; "The body washed up on the beach"
Antonyms (21)
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dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
v. make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
dry, dry out
v. remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
dry, dry out
v. remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
v. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
blow up, enlarge, magnify
v. make large; "blow up an image"
parch, sear
v. cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"
wash
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