wash
/wɑʃ/
verb
- To clean something with water and usually soap.
- She washes the dishes every evening.
- I need to wash my car this weekend.
- Please wash your hands before dinner.
- To flow over or against something, often carrying things away.
- Rain washed the dirt off the sidewalk.
- The flood washed away the small bridge.
- Waves washed the shore during the storm.
- To be believable or acceptable (usually in negative statements).
- Her explanation didn't wash with the jury.
- His excuse just doesn't wash with me.
- That story won't wash with the boss.
Antonyms
noun
- An act of cleaning something, especially clothes or dishes.
- The wash is in the machine right now.
- I need to do a wash today because I have no clean socks.
- She hung the wash on the line to dry.
- The flow or movement of water, especially behind a boat or ship.
- The boat's wash rocked the small canoe.
- The swimmer was caught in the wash of a passing ferry.
- We could see the wash trailing behind the speedboat.