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English noun: wash | |||
| 1. | wash (artifact) a thin coat of water-base paint | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | water-base paint | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blackwash, calcimine, color wash, colour wash, whitewash | ||
| 2. | wash (act) the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) | ||
| Synonyms | lavation, washing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | work | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ablution, bathing, dishwashing, laundering, rinse, soak, soaking, washing-up, washup, washup, window-washing | ||
| Part holonym | rinse, rinsing | ||
| 3. | wash (object) the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) | ||
| Synonyms | dry wash | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | creek bed, streambed | ||
| Domain region | West, western United States | ||
| 4. | wash (process) the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway) | ||
| Samples | From the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water. | ||
| Synonyms | washout | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | soil erosion | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | rain-wash | ||
| 5. | wash (phenomenon) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | ||
| Synonyms | airstream, backwash, race, slipstream | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flow | ||
| 6. | wash (artifact) a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other | ||
| Synonyms | wash drawing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | water-color, water-colour, watercolor, watercolour | ||
| 7. | wash (artifact) garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering | ||
| Synonyms | laundry, washables, washing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | garment, household linen, white goods | ||
| 8. | wash (act) any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out | ||
| Samples | At the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | business activity, commercial activity | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
English verb: wash | |||
| 1. | wash (contact) clean with some chemical process | ||
| Examples | They wash the cape | ||
| Synonyms | rinse | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | process, serve, swear out | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | elute | ||
| Verb group | launder, wash, wash, wash, wash away, wash off, wash out | ||
| 2. | wash (body) cleanse (one's body) with soap and water | ||
| Examples | They wash , They wash themselves | ||
| Synonyms | lave | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clean, cleanse | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | gargle, hush, rinse, scrub, scrub up, shampoo, sponge down | ||
| Verb group | wash | ||
| 3. | wash (contact) cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water | ||
| Samples | Wash the towels, please!. | ||
| Examples | They wash the cape | ||
| Synonyms | launder | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clean, make clean | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acid-wash, cradle, hand-wash, handwash, machine wash, machine-wash, powerwash, pressure-wash, rinse, rinse off, stone-wash, stonewash, suds, wash out, water-wash | ||
| Verb group | rinse, wash, wash | ||
| 4. | wash (motion) move by or as if by water | ||
| Samples | The swollen river washed away the footbridge. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Verb group | wash | ||
| 5. | wash (stative) be capable of being washed | ||
| Samples | Does this material wash?. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something ----s Adjective/Noun | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| Verb group | launder, wash | ||
| 6. | wash (stative) admit to testing or proof | ||
| Samples | This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stand | ||
| 7. | wash (contact) separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals) | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | separate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | pan, pan off, pan out | ||
| Entail | rinse, rinse off | ||
| Verb group | rinse, wash | ||
| 8. | wash (contact) apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | whitewash | ||
| 9. | wash (change) remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | wash away, wash off, wash out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||
| Verb group | rinse, wash, wash out | ||
| 10. | wash (change) form by erosion | ||
| Samples | The river washed a ravine into the mountainside. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | eat away, erode, fret | ||
| Verb group | wash | ||
| 11. | wash (change) make moist | ||
| Samples | The dew moistened the meadows. | ||
| Synonyms | dampen, moisten | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wet | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | baste, humidify, moisturise, moisturize | ||
| 12. | wash (change) wash or flow against | ||
| Samples | The waves laved the shore. | ||
| Synonyms | lap, lave | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flow | ||
| 13. | wash (body) to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking | ||
| Samples | The cat washes several times a day. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clean, cleanse | ||
| Verb group | lave, wash | ||
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