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1. To clean with water.
2. (transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
3. (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
4. (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
5. (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
6. (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
7. (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
8. (intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
9. (intransitive) To 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.
10. To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
11. To overlay with a thin coat of metal.

Substantiivit

1. The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
2. A liquid used for washing.
3. The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
4. (arts) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
5. The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
6. The wake of a moving ship.
7. The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
8. A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
9. Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
10. A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
11. A shallow body of water.
12. In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
13. An situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
14. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
15. In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
16. A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
17. A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
18. (nautical) The blade of an oar.
19. The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
20. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.