washes

英文释义

n a thin coat of water-base paint
n the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
n the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
n the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
n the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
n a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
n garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
n any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
v clean with some chemical process
v cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
v cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
v move by or as if by water
v be capable of being washed
v admit to testing or proof
v separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
v apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
v remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
v form by erosion
v make moist
v wash or flow against
v to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking