The word is in the Wiktionary

65 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• wash v. To clean with water.
• wash v. (Transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
• wash v. (Mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
• wash v. (Intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
• wash v. (Transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
• wash v. (Intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
• wash v. (Intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
• wash v. (Intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
• wash v. (Intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
• wash v. (Intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream…
• wash v. To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
• wash v. To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
• wash v. (Transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide…
• wash v. (Transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying…
• wash n. The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
• wash n. A liquid used for washing.
• wash n. A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
• wash n. The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
• wash n. (Art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent…
• wash n. The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
• wash n. The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular…
• wash n. (Nautical) The blade of an oar.
• wash n. Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
• wash n. A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest…
• wash n. A shallow body of water.
• wash n. In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
• wash n. A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in…
• wash n. (Finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest…
• wash n. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used…
• wash n. In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
• wash n. A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
• wash n. A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
• wash n. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
• wash n. (Architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a…
• wash n. (Television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
• wash n. (Stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light…
• Wash prop.n. A diminutive of the male given name Washington.
• WASH n. Acronym of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
• -wash suff. To coat with, or a coating of, paint of the colour specified.
• -wash suff. To focus on, or an act of focussing on, a supposedly positive aspect of an organisation in order to…
• -wash suff. (Informal) An overwhelming victory by a team or entity of the colour specified; often a clean sweep.
• Wash. prop.n. Abbreviation of Washington (US State).

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Tlingit
  • wásh n. Cheek (body part).
  • wásh n. Mush; porridge.

— English word, defined in German —

• wash V. Transitiv: waschen, säubern.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• wash w. Wassen.

— English words, defined in French —

• wash v. Laver à l’eau.
• wash v. Rincer, emporter par les eaux.
• wash v. (Minéralogie) Tamiser.
• wash v. (Intransitif) Se laver à l’eau.
• wash v. (Intransitif) S’éroder ou être emporté par l’eau.
• wash n. Lavage avec un liquide.
• wash n. Machine, quantité de linge lavable en une fois.
• wash n. Liquide de lavage, pour vêtements ou corps.
• wash n. Son du ressac.
• wash n. (Marine) Sillon de navire.
• wash n. (Aéronautique) Turbulence du sillage d’un avion.
• wash n. Sol érodé par la mer ou une rivière.
• wash n. Baisse du niveau de l’eau.
• wash n. Arroyo, oued.
• wash n. Stagnation, absence de changement.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• wash v. Lavar.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• wash v. Tirar as impurezas usando-se de água ou outro líquido; lavar.
• wash v. Mover pela força da água em movimento.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• wash s. Lavaggio.

268 English words from 44 English definitions

Abbreviation Acronym act action adding advantages amount and any anything Architecture are area arid arroyo Art aspect at␣a␣time away beach beam bear beauty bed before being between blade body body␣of␣water body␣part bow bow␣wave breaking bushels can carried carried␣away cast cause Cheek chosen clean clean␣sweep clothes coat coating cogent collection colour containing convincing cover covered created critique dephosphorization diminutive disadvantages dishes distillation distilling dry dunder effect entity ephemeral equivalent erode eroded etc evenly extracted fall fall␣on fermented fictitious figuratively fill fills Finance fixture flowing fluid focus focussing food for force from gains gas gaseous given given␣name gold ground hence holding Hygiene hygienic Indies Informal injury in␣order in␣order␣to in␣particular instance interest intermittent Intransitive iron iron␣oxide kind kind␣of kitchen laid lap lapping large left light lighting lightly liquid losses lotion male material medicinal member metal Mining mixture moisten molasses molten motion move moving moving␣in Mush name Nautical normally oar object of␣a of␣an of␣colour often one oneself on␣the onwards operation order organisation other over overflowing overlay overwhelming oxide oysters paint paintbrush painting part particular parties pass piece pig pig␣iron porridge positive preservation process properties purifying purpose quantity refuse regions river running rush sale Sanitation scene scummings sea securities semi semi-arid separate shallow shallowest shed shore situation slang slope smooth solvent sometimes sound specified spirit splash Stagecraft State stock stream strikes substances such such␣as supposedly surface swashing sweep team Television Ten that the thin thinly through time tint to␣the towards Transitive translucent upper used using valuable victory vortex wadi wake washed washed␣away washing Washington Waste wasted water watery wave waves West West␣Indies wet when which wide with without withstand worn worn␣away wort worthless

25 English words from 21 foreign definitions

absence Arroyo corps eau lavage laver les linge Machine Marine mer Mover niveau outro par pela pour rivière sillage Sillon Sol Son Stagnation Turbulence Wassen

1 foreign word from 44 English definitions

water␣in

39 foreign words from 21 foreign definitions

Aéronautique água avec avion Baisse changement eaux emporté emporter érodé éroder être fois força impurezas Intransitif lavable Lavaggio lavar liquide líquido Minéralogie movimento navire oued quantité quantité␣de ressac Rincer säubern Se␣laver Tamiser Tirar Transitiv une une␣fois usando vêtements waschen

327 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

wash'd washe washi washt washy Washam washed washee washen washer Washer washes washin' Washko Washoe washup wash␣up Washams washbag wash␣bag washbin wash␣bin washday washees washers Washers washery washest washeth washier washies washily washing washint Washita washkit Washkos washlet washman washmen washoff wash␣off washoku washout wash-out wash␣out washpan washpot washrag washtub wash␣tub +276 words

346 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

swashy mawashi swashed swasher swashes unwasht by-washes cowashed cowashes inwashes rewashed rewasher rewashes swashers swashest swashing swashway tawashih unwashed unwashen upwashes air␣washer ale-washed carwasher carwashes car␣washes ciswashed ciswashes cowashing dogwashes dry␣washes eggwashes egg␣washes eyewashed eyewashes gas␣washer hogwashes hotwashes hot␣washes jetwashed jetwashes Kawashima outwashes potwasher prewashed prewashes rewashers rewashing swashings swashways +296 words

102 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

awash Awash swash bewash by-wash cowash E.D.␣Wash. inwash rewash upwash W.D.␣Wash. bagwash Burwash carwash car␣wash ciswash dogwash dry␣wash eggwash egg␣wash Erewash eyewash hogwash hotwash hot␣wash jetwash jet-wash outwash pigwash prewash Pugwash The␣Wash arsewash arse-wash backwash back␣wash bluewash bodywash body␣wash boil-wash boil␣wash cagewash dishwash downwash facewash hairwash handwash hand␣wash hillwash limewash +52 words

5 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ash Ash was Was WAs

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Hsa. saw Saw SAW

8 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

haws Haws Sawh shaw Shaw shwa wahs Wahs

51 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Ashow awash Awash chaws HAWBs Hawes hawks Hawks hawms Hawns hawse hawss hawts HAWTs hwans pshaw sawah Sawhs schwa Shawi shawl shawm Shawn shaws Shaws shewa Shewa Showa shuwa Shuwa shwag shwas swash swath SWATH thaws Thaws Walsh warsh wash'd washe washi washt washy waths whams whaps whats what's whoas wisha

33 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ahs Ahs AHS ash Ash ASW aws AWS has ha's haw Haw Haw. Hsa. HWs sah šâh šāh saw Saw SAW sha SHA swh wah Wah was Was WAs wha WHA WHS WSH

49 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

aash bash Bash cash Cash CASH dash Dash DASH Eash fash gash Gash hash Hash Kash Kash. lash Lash LASH mash Mash MASH nash Nash NASH pash rash Rash sash tash Tash waah Wach WASD wase WASL wasm wasp Wasp WASP wass Wass wast was't wath Wath wish Wish

8 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ash Ash wah Wah was Was WAs WSH

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

Walsh warsh

Recommended websites

• Visit 1Word.ws - the word is a valid scrabble word (10 points).
• Visit www.BestWordClub.com - to play scrabble duplicate online.

See this word in another language

Français Español Italiano Deutsch Português Nederlands

This site uses web cookies, click to learn more. Our privacy policy. © Ortograf Inc. Website updated on 23 June 2023 (v-2.0.1z). Informations & Contacts.