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any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash" be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?" admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won''t wash in traffic court" move by or as if by water; "The swollen river washed away the footbridge" separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals) cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!" clean with some chemical process apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; "he washed the dirt from his coat"; "The nurse washed away the blood"; "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"; "he managed to wash out the stains" form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside" cleanse (one''s body) with soap and water to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day" the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) a thin coat of water-base paint a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows" 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" garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore" the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller |
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