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The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
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I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed.
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A liquid used for washing.
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A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
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hand wash
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The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
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There's a lot in that wash: maybe you should split it into two piles.
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A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
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The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
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I could hear the wash of the wave.
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The wake of a moving ship.
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Sail away from the wash to avoid rocking the boat.
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The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
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Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
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A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
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A shallow body of water.
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In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
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A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
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A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
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Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
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In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
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A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
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A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
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The blade of an oar.
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The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
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Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
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The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
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a carriage wash in a stable
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A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
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(stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.