wash
To clean with water.
Verb 4 meanings
To clean with water.
“The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.”
To carry away or erode by the force of water in motion.
“Don't pour that in the drain; it will wash downstream.”
To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
To clean oneself with water.
“I wash every morning after getting up.”
Noun 4 meanings
The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
“I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed.”
A liquid used for washing.
A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
“There's a lot in that wash: maybe you should split it into two piles.”
Etymology
From Middle English wasshen, waschen, weschen (“to wash”), from Old English wascan (“to wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *waskan (“to wash”), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, *watskaną (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet, water”).
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WASH at a glance
WASH has 4 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (W 4 + A 1 + S 1 + H 4) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,205 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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