wash - Meaning in Konkani

wash - Meaning in Konkani

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Definitions and Meaning of wash in English

wash noun

1. any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

   Example

   • "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"
2. garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
3. a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
4. a thin coat of water-base paint
5. the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
6. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
7. the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

   Example

   • "from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water"
8. the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

wash verb

1. be capable of being washed

   Example

   • "Does this material wash?"
2. admit to testing or proof

   Example

   • "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"
3. move by or as if by water

   Example

   • "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"
4. separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
5. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

   Example

   • "Wash the towels, please!"
6. clean with some chemical process
7. apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
8. remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

   Examples

   • "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"
   • "he managed to wash out the stains"
   • "he washed the dirt from his coat"
   • "The nurse washed away the blood"
9. form by erosion

   Example

   • "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
10. make moist

    Example

    • "The dew moistened the meadows"
11. wash or flow against

    Example

    • "the waves laved the shore"
12. cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
13. to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

    Example

    • "The cat washes several times a day"

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