Definizione monolingua

wash

wash (third-person singular simple present washes, present participle washing, simple past and past participle washed)

1. To clean with water.

   The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.

   Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans.

2. To move by the force of water in motion

   The flood washed away houses.

3. (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
4. (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.

   I wash every morning after getting up.

5. (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.

wash (plural washes)

1. The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.

   Im going to have a quick wash before coming to bed.

   My jacket needs a wash.

2. A liquid used for washing.
3. The quantity of clothes washed at a time.

   Theres a lot in that wash, maybe you should separate them in half.

4. (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
5. The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.

   I could hear the wash of the wave.

6. The wake of a moving ship.

   The ship left a big wash

   Sail away from the wash to avoid rocking the boat.

7. The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
8. A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.

   mouth wash

   hand wash

9. Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
10. A shallow body of water.
11. In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo; wadi
    • 1997, Stanley Desmond Smith, et al. Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants, Nature

      In some desert-wash systems (which have been termed “xero-riparian”)

    • 1999, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert

      ...though the wash may carry surface water for only a few hours a year.

    • 2005, Le Hayes, Pilgrims in the Desert: The Early History of the East Mojave Desert

      Rock Spring Wash continues a short distance then joins Watson Wash. Water from Rock Spring comes out of the boulder strewn wash and disappears into the sand

12. Something where no progress is made, where nothing changes.

    His first week at the new job was a wash, since he spent so much time learning the system instead of using it.

Definizione dizionario wash

	lavare
	to clean with water
	To remove dirt and grime from an object, using water (usually with soap).

	lavarsi
	to clean oneself

bagnare

bagnarsi

biancheria

bucato

lavaggio

lavata

lavatura

lavà

laà

pulire

risciacquare

rlaà

scia

sciacquare

Altri significati:

A liquid used for washing.

The wake of a moving ship.

In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo; wadi

A lack of progress or regress; no change

wash (rice)

to be eroded

to move by the force of water in motion

The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.

To clean with water.

The quantity of clothes washed at a time.

A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.

wash (clothes)

process or an instance of washing or being washed by water

To move by the force of water in motion (as in the flood washed away houses).

The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.

A covering with water (and usually soap), with the intention of removing dirt or grime from the object.

(to) wash (clothes)

Ground washed away to the sea or a river.

The work of cleansing, usually with water and soap.

The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.

(intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.

(mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.

(intransitive) To clean oneself with water.

clothes washed at a time

A shallow body of water.