verb Download 🔗Share To clean with water. Examples : "Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans." utility action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move or erode by the force of water in motion. Examples : "Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment." environment geology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water. Examples : "The gold miners were washing the gravel to separate the gold from the dirt. " geology process agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To clean oneself with water. Examples : "I wash every morning after getting up." body action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten. Examples : "Waves wash the shore." action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash. Examples : "to hear the water washing" sound nature action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be eroded or carried away by the action of water. Examples : "The heavy rain washed away the sandcastle my son had built on the beach. " environment geology nature disaster Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique. Examples : "Her arguments for a longer lunch break were washing away all the objections. " language communication writing logic Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To bear without injury the operation of being washed. Examples : "Some calicoes do not wash." utility action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc. Examples : "The heavy rains washed away the dirt path leading to the school. " environment geology weather nature action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly. Examples : "The artist carefully washed the canvas with a light blue paint, giving it a delicate tint. " art color Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To overlay with a thin coat of metal. Examples : "steel washed with silver" material industry technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide. Examples : "The steel mill workers were washing the molten pig iron to remove phosphorus. " technical chemistry industry process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents. Examples : "The scientist was washing the air sample through a special liquid to remove impurities. " chemistry science process industry technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The action of the verb to wash Examples : "The washing of the clothes took several hours. " action utility Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry. Examples : "My mother used to do the washing on a Monday" item wear Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed Examples : "The washings have a higher concentration of metal" geology material substance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The liquid used to wash an ore. Examples : "The mining company used a special washing to separate the gold from the ore. " geology substance chemistry material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing. Examples : "the gold-washings, or silver-washings" geology area industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market. Examples : "The stock market analysts uncovered a washing scheme, where the company's stock price was artificially inflated. " business finance economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze. Examples : "The washing of the pottery pieces prevented them from sticking to the kiln shelves during firing. " material technical process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading