wash >> wɒʃ
Definition: [verb] clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent.
Example: Auntie Lou had washed all their clothes
Definition: [verb] (of flowing water) carry (someone or something) in a particular direction.
Example: floods washed away the bridges
Definition: [verb] brush with a thin coat of dilute paint or ink.
Example: the walls were washed with shades of umber
Definition: [verb] seem convincing or genuine.
Example: charm won't wash with this crew
Definition: [noun] an act of washing something or an instance of being washed.
Example: her hair needs a wash
Definition: [noun] the water or air disturbed by a moving boat or aircraft.
Example: the wash of a motorboat
Definition: [noun] an inlet of the North Sea on the east coast of England between Norfolk and Lincolnshire.
Definition: [noun] a medicinal or cleansing solution.
Example: citrus-scented body wash
Definition: [noun] a layer of paint or metal spread thinly on a surface.
Example: the walls were covered with a pale lemon wash
Definition: [noun] silt or gravel carried by a stream or river and deposited as sediment.
Definition: [noun] kitchen slops and other food waste fed to pigs.
Definition: [noun] malt fermenting in preparation for distillation.
Definition: [noun] a situation or result that is of no benefit to either of two opposing sides.
Example: the plan's impact on jobs would be a wash, creating as many as it costs