wash - Meaning in Malayalam

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wash - Meaning in Malayalam

wash Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of wash in English

wash noun

1. any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

   Example

   • "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"
2. garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

   Synonyms

   laundry, washables, washing

3. a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other

   Synonyms

   wash drawing

4. a thin coat of water-base paint
5. the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

   Synonyms

   dry wash

6. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

   Synonyms

   airstream, backwash, race, race, race, slipstream

7. the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

   Synonyms

   washout

   Example

   • "from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water"
8. the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

   Synonyms

   lavation, washing

wash verb

1. be capable of being washed

   Example

   • "Does this material wash?"
2. admit to testing or proof

   Example

   • "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"
3. move by or as if by water

   Example

   • "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"
4. separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
5. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

   Synonyms

   launder

   Example

   • "Wash the towels, please!"
6. clean with some chemical process

   Synonyms

   rinse

7. apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
8. remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

   Synonyms

   wash away, wash off, wash out

   Examples

   • "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"
   • "he managed to wash out the stains"
   • "he washed the dirt from his coat"
   • "The nurse washed away the blood"
9. form by erosion

   Example

   • "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
10. make moist

    Synonyms

    dampen, moisten

    Example

    • "The dew moistened the meadows"
11. wash or flow against

    Synonyms

    lap, lap, lave

    Example

    • "the waves laved the shore"
12. cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

    Synonyms

    lave

13. to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

    Example

    • "The cat washes several times a day"

Synonyms of wash

• lavation, washing
• laundry, washables, washing
• wash drawing
• dry wash
• airstream, backwash, race, slipstream
• washout
• lave
• lap, lave
• dampen, moisten
• wash away, wash off, wash out
• rinse
• launder

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