ˈbæk.wɒʃ ˈbæk.wɑʃ ˈdæmpən hʌʃ

ˈlɔːndə ˈlɔndɚ ˈlɔːn.dɹi ˈmɔɪsən ɹɪns wɒʃ wɔʃ wɒʃ wɔʃ ˈwɒʃɪŋ ˈwɔʃɪŋ ˈwɑʃɪŋ ˈwɒʃaʊt to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking The cat washes several times a day cleanse (one's body) with soap and water wash or flow against the waves laved the shore make moist The dew moistened the meadows the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) form by erosion The river washed a ravine into the mountainside wash by removing particles Wash ores remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent he washed the dirt from his coat The nurse washed away the blood Can you wash away the spots on the windows? he managed to wash out the stains any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to clean with some chemical process cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water Wash the towels, please! separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals) move by or as if by water The swollen river washed away the footbridge admit to testing or proof This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court be capable of being washed Does this material wash? garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other a thin coat of water-base paint the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway) from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water