clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent

Auntie Lou had washed all their clothes

(of flowing water) carry (someone or something) in a particular direction

floods washed away the bridges

brush with a thin coat of dilute paint or ink

the walls were washed with shades of umber

seem convincing or genuine

charm won't wash with this crew

an act of washing something or an instance of being washed

her hair needs a wash

the water or air disturbed by a moving boat or aircraft

the wash of a motorboat

an inlet of the North Sea on the east coast of England between Norfolk and Lincolnshire

a medicinal or cleansing solution

citrus-scented body wash

a layer of paint or metal spread thinly on a surface

the walls were covered with a pale lemon wash

silt or gravel carried by a stream or river and deposited as sediment

kitchen slops and other food waste fed to pigs

malt fermenting in preparation for distillation

a situation or result that is of no benefit to either of two opposing sides

the plan's impact on jobs would be a wash, creating as many as it costs