ALL meanings of washing
wash·ing
W w - verb with object washing to free from spiritual defilement or from sin, guilt, etc.: to be washed whiter than the snow. 1
- verb with object washing to bathe, wet, or moisten with water or other liquid: a meadow newly washed with morning dew. 1
- verb with object washing to flow through, over, or against: a shore or cliff washed by waves. 1
- verb with object washing to carry, bring, remove, or deposit (something) by means of water or any liquid, or as the water or liquid does (often followed by up, down, or along): The storm washed the boat up on the shore. A sailor was washed overboard. 1
- verb with object washing to wear or diminish, as water does by flowing over or against a surface (often followed by out or away): The rain had washed away the lettering on the stone. 1
- verb with object washing (of water) to form by flowing over and eroding a surface: The flood had washed a new channel through the bottom lands. 1
- verb with object washing Mining. to subject (earth or ore) to the action or force of water in order to separate valuable material. to separate (valuable material) in this way. 1
- verb with object washing to purify (a gas or gaseous mixture) by passage through or over a liquid. 1
- verb with object washing to cover with a watery or thin coat of color. 1
- verb with object washing to overlay with a thin coat or deposit of metal: to wash brass with gold. 1
- verb with object washing Slang. launder (def 3). 1
- verb without object washing to wash oneself: After using the insecticide spray they washed completely. 1
- verb without object washing to wash clothes: Monday is the day we wash. 1
- verb without object washing to cleanse anything with or in water or other liquid. 1
- verb without object washing to undergo washing without injury, especially shrinking or fading: fabrics guaranteed to wash. 1
- verb without object washing Informal. to be found true, valid, or real when tested or closely scrutinized; stand being put to the proof: His honesty won't wash. 1
- verb without object washing to be carried or driven by water (often followed by along or ashore): The boat had washed ashore in the night. 1
- verb without object washing to flow or beat with a lapping sound, as waves on a shore. 1
- verb without object washing to move along in or as in waves, or with a rushing movement, as water. 1
- verb without object washing to be eroded, as by a stream or by rainfall: a hillside that washes frequently. 1
- verb without object washing to be removed by the action of water (often followed by away): Much of the topsoil washes away each spring. 1
- adjective washing capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.; washable: a wash dress. 1
- idioms washing come out in the wash, to have a good or satisfactory result; turn out eventually: The situation may look hopeless now, but it will all come out in the wash. to be revealed; become known. 1
- idioms washing wash one's hands of. hand (def 90). 1
- noun washing The action of washing oneself or laundering clothes, bed linen, etc. 1
- noun washing laundry 1
- noun washing cleaning oneself 1
- adjective washing machine: for laundry 1
- noun washing the act or process of washing with water or other liquid: to give the car a wash. 1
- noun washing a quantity of clothes, linens, etc., washed, or to be washed, at one time: a heavy wash. 1
- noun washing a liquid with which something is washed, wetted, colored, overspread, etc.: She gave the room a wash of pale blue. 1
- noun washing the flow, sweep, dash, or breaking of water: The wash of the waves had drenched us. 1
- noun washing the sound made by this: listening to the wash of the Atlantic. 1
- noun washing water moving along in waves or with a rushing movement: the wash of the incoming tide. 1
- noun washing the rough or broken water left behind a moving ship, boat, etc.; wake: The little boats tossed about in the wash from the liner's propellers. 1
- noun washing Aeronautics. the disturbance in the air left behind by a moving airplane or any of its parts: wing wash. 1
- noun washing any of various liquids for grooming or cosmetic purposes: a hair wash. 1
- noun washing a lotion or other liquid having medicinal properties, as an antiseptic solution or the like (often used in combination): to apply wash to a skinned knee; mouthwash; eyewash. 1
- noun washing Mining. minerals from which valuable material can be extracted by washing. 1
- noun washing the wearing away of the shore by breaking waves. 1
- noun washing a tract of land washed by the action of the sea or a river. 1
- noun washing a marsh, fen, or bog. 1
- noun washing a small stream or shallow pool. 1
- noun washing a shallow arm of the sea or a shallow part of a river. 1
- noun washing a depression or channel formed by flowing water. 1
- noun washing Geology. alluvial matter transferred and deposited by flowing water. 1
- noun washing Also called dry wash. Western U.S. the dry bed of an intermittent stream. 1
- noun washing a broad, thin layer of color applied by a continuous movement of the brush, as in water-color painting. 1
- noun washing Also called watershed, weathering. Architecture. an upper surface so inclined as to shed rain water from a building. any member of a building having such a surface. 1
- noun washing Metalworking.. Also, washing. a thin coat of metal applied in liquid form: a gold wash. 1