[ { "word": "wash", "phonetic": "/w\u0251\u0283/", "phonetics": [ { "text": "/w\u0251\u0283/", "audio": "" }, { "text": "/w\u0252\u0283/", "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/wash-uk.mp3", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9028835", "license": { "name": "BY 3.0 US", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us" } }, { "text": "/w\u0251\u0283/", "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/wash-us.mp3", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=187744", "license": { "name": "BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" } }, { "text": "/w\u0251\u0283/", "audio": "" } ], "meanings": [ { "partOfSpeech": "noun", "definitions": [ { "definition": "The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed." }, { "definition": "A liquid used for washing.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "hand wash" }, { "definition": "The quantity of clothes washed at a time.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "There's a lot in that wash: maybe you should split it into two piles." }, { "definition": "A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "I could hear the wash of the wave." }, { "definition": "The wake of a moving ship.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Sail away from the wash to avoid rocking the boat." }, { "definition": "The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Ground washed away to the sea or a river.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A shallow body of water.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The blade of an oar.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "a carriage wash in a stable" }, { "definition": "A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [ "lavatory" ], "antonyms": [] }, { "partOfSpeech": "verb", "definitions": [ { "definition": "To clean with water.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans." }, { "definition": "To move or erode by the force of water in motion.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment." }, { "definition": "To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To clean oneself with water.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "I wash every morning after getting up." }, { "definition": "To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Waves wash the shore." }, { "definition": "To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "to hear the water washing" }, { "definition": "To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To bear without injury the operation of being washed.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Some calicoes do not wash." }, { "definition": "To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To overlay with a thin coat of metal.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "steel washed with silver" }, { "definition": "To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "license": { "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" }, "sourceUrls": [ "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wash" ] } ]