wash
清洗,洗涤,洗净,洗濯
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Definitions
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- : to apply water or some other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- : to remove by or as by the action of water: to wash grime out of clothing.
- : to free from spiritual defilement or from sin, guilt, etc.: to be washed whiter than the snow.
- : to bathe, wet, or moisten with water or other liquid: a meadow newly washed with morning dew.
- : to flow through, over, or against: a shore or cliff washed by waves.
- : to carry, bring, remove, or deposit by means of water or any liquid, or as the water or liquid does: The storm washed the boat up on the shore. A sailor was washed overboard.
- : to wear or diminish, as water does by flowing over or against a surface: The rain had washed away the lettering on the stone.
- : to form by flowing over and eroding a surface: The flood had washed a new channel through the bottom lands.
- : Mining. to subject to the action or force of water in order to separate valuable material.to separate in this way.
- : to purify by passage through or over a liquid.
- : to cover with a watery or thin coat of color.
Phrases
- wash down
- washed out
- washed up
- wash one's dirty linen in public
- wash one's hands of
- wash out
- wash up
- come out in the wash
- won't wash
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Examples
Just wash, press, and frame a sack to add a special touch to any room in your house.
With a capacity of eight place settings, six wash settings, and even a reminder to refill your detergent, it’s a good addition to your kitchen.
Synthetics like polyester and nylon make their way into the environment from washing machines—which pull off and flush microfibers from the fabric—and of course, they also line landfills.
Two years prior, they’d said the building could use a power wash and little else.
Their powerful surges of water can uproot trees, topple buildings, carry boats inland and wash away beaches.
A limited edition export stout known as the Indra Kunindra came to wash it down.
Christian is the son of Mexican immigrants whose father works at a car wash and mother works at McDonalds.
First up is the larger wash still, its capacity ranging from 25,000 to 30,000 liters.
But since the government has now permitted the River God to leave the U.K., that excuse can no longer wash.
Brush the pastry with egg wash and sprinkle with fleur de sel and pepper.
He stood before the glass hung above the wash bench and 369 smoothed his hair.
Why, he ordered his chamber-maid to bring him some soap and warm water, that he might the sour krout off his hands.