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To clean with water.
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Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans.
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To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
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Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
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To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
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To clean oneself with water.
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I wash every morning after getting up.
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To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
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Waves wash the shore.
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To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
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to hear the water washing
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To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
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To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
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To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
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Some calicoes do not wash.
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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.
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To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
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To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
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steel washed with silver
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To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
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To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.