n a thin coat of water-base paint n the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) n the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) n the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway) n the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller n a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other n garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering n any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out v clean with some chemical process v cleanse (one's body) with soap and water v cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water v move by or as if by water v be capable of being washed v admit to testing or proof v separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals) v apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to v remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent v form by erosion v make moist v wash or flow against v to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
