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Synonyms for wash

bathe

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move

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be plausible to

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splash

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wash something away

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wash something or someone away

wash something out

wash something up: do

wash something up: strand

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wash up

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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for wash

to make moist

to flow against or along

to flow or move with a low slapping sound

to move along with or be carried away by the action of water

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to prove valid under scrutiny

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Synonyms for wash

a thin coat of water-base paint

the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

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

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

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

garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

clean with some chemical process

cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

move by or as if by water

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be capable of being washed

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admit to testing or proof

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separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc

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remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

form by erosion

wash or flow against

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to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

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