n. 25B6; verb
he washed in the bath : CLEAN ONESELF, have a wash; bathe, bath, shower, soak, freshen up; formal perform one's ablutions; dated make one's toilet.
she washed her hands : CLEAN, cleanse, sponge, scrub, wipe, scour; shampoo, lather; sluice, swill, douse, swab, disinfect.
she washed off the blood : REMOVE, expunge, eradicate; sponge off, scrub off, wipe off, rinse off.
the women were washing clothes : LAUNDER, clean, rinse; poetic/literary lave.
waves washed against the hull : SPLASH, lap, splosh, dash, break, beat, surge, ripple, roll.
the wreckage was washed up downriver : SWEEP, carry, convey, transport; deposit.
guilt washed over her : AFFECT, rush through, surge through, course through, flood over, flow over.
the stonework was washed with pastel paint : PAINT, colour, tint, shade, dye, stain; coat, cover.
(informal) this story just won't wash : BE ACCEPTED, be acceptable, be plausible, be convincing, hold up, hold water, stand up, bear scrutiny.
dirty, soil.
25B6; noun
she needs a wash : CLEAN, shower, dip, bath, soak; formal ablutions.
that shirt should go in the wash : LAUNDRY, washing.
antiseptic skin wash : LOTION, salve, preparation, rinse, liquid; liniment, embrocation.
the wash of a motor boat : BACKWASH, wake, trail, path.
the wash of the waves on the beach : SURGE, flow, swell, sweep, rise and fall, roll, splash.
water thinned out the crayon into a wash : PAINT, stain, film.
25A0; wash something away ERODE, abrade, wear away, eat away, undermine.
25A0; wash one's hands of DISOWN, renounce, reject, forswear, disavow, give up on, turn one's back on, cast aside, abandon; formal abjure.
25A0; wash up WASH THE DISHES, do the dishes, do the washing-up.