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1: to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame; "I wash my hands of this"

1: prevent or interrupt due to rain; "The storm had washed out the game" [syn: {rain out}] 2: wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt; "Wash out your dirty shirt in the sink" 3: wear or destr...

1: a toilet that is available to the public [syn: {public toilet}, {comfort station}, {public convenience}, {convenience}, {public lavatory}, {restroom}, {toilet facility}]

1: wash one's face and hands; "She freshened up in the bathroom" [syn: {lave}] 2: carry somewhere (of water or current or waves); "The tide washed up the corpse" 3: wash dishes; "I cook and my husband...

1: treated so as to be easily or quickly washed and dried and requiring little or no ironing; "a wash-and-wear shirt" [syn: {drip-dry}] n : a fabric treated to be easily washable and to require no iro...

1: a fabric treated to be easily washable and to require no ironing [syn: {wash-and-wear}]

1: a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression) [syn: {washbasin}, {handbasin}, {washbowl}, {lavabo}]

1: furniture consisting of a table or stand to hold a basin and pitcher of water for washing: `wash-hand stand' is a British term [syn: {washstand}]

1: capable of being washed without injury; "washable woolens"; "acrylic blankets are both warm and washable" [ant: {nonwashable}]

1: garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering [syn: {laundry}, {wash}, {washing}]

1: a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his f...

1: device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on 2: protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side [syn: {splashboard}]

1: a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his f...

1: bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body [syn: {washrag}, {flannel}, {face cloth}]

1: a day set aside for doing household laundry [syn: {washing day}]

1: clean by virtue of having been washed in water [syn: {water-washed}] 2: wet as from washing; sometimes used in combination; "rain-washed"

1: drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played...

1: doomed to extinction [syn: {done for(p)}, {ruined}, {sunk}, {undone}]

1: someone who washes things for a living 2: seal consisting of a flat disk placed to prevent leakage 3: a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically [syn: {automatic washer}, {washin...

1: operates industrial washing machine [syn: {laundryman}]

1: a working woman who takes in washing [syn: {washwoman}, {laundrywoman}, {laundress}]

1: a building or outbuilding where laundry is done

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{washy}

1: the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) [syn: {wash}, {lavation}] 2: garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering [syn: {laundry}, {wash}, {washables}]

1: a day set aside for doing household laundry [syn: {washday}]

1: a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically [syn: {washer}, {automatic washer}]

1: soap in powdered form mixed with alkaline builders [syn: {soap powder}, {built-soap powder}]

1: a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper [syn: {sodium carbonate}, {sal soda}, {soda ash}, {soda}]

1: the washing of dishes etc after a meal

1: the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles l'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791 [syn: {Washington D.C.}, {American capi...

1: the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles l'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791 [syn: {Washington}, {American capital},...

1: United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859) [syn: {Irving}]

1: a tall stone obelisk in Washington honoring George Washington

1: the day on which George Washington is remembered [syn: {February 22}]

1: of or relating to or in the manner of George Washington 2: of or relating to the people who run the federal government; "Washingtonian politics as usual" 3: of or relating to the capital of the Uni...

1: the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water; "it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road" 2: the erosive process of was...

1: bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body [syn: {washcloth}, {flannel}, {face cloth}]

1: especially a lavatory in a public place

1: furniture consisting of a table or stand to hold a basin and pitcher of water for washing: `wash-hand stand' is a British term [syn: {wash-hand stand}] 2: a bathroom or lavatory sink that is perman...

1: a tub in which clothes or linens can be washed

1: the act of washing yourself (or another person) [syn: {bathing}] 2: the act of washing dishes [syn: {dishwashing}]

1: a working woman who takes in washing [syn: {washerwoman}, {laundrywoman}, {laundress}]

1: lacking strength or vigor; "a washy handshake"; "washy prose" 2: overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea" [syn: {watery}, {weak}] 3: having lost freshness or bril...

1: Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950) [syn: {Nijinsky}, {Vaslav Nijinsky}]

1: a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination [syn: {white Anglo-Saxon Protestant}] 2: social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the ab...

1: a very slender waist

1: habitation for wasps or hornets [syn: {wasps' nest}, {hornet's nest}, {hornets' nest}]

1: having a small waist [syn: {slender-waisted}, {slim-waisted}]

1: very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues" [syn: {bristly}, {prickly}, {splenetic}]

1: habitation for wasps or hornets [syn: {wasp's nest}, {hornet's nest}, {hornets' nest}]

1: a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas v 1: celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The memb...

1: someone who enjoys riotous drinking [syn: {carouser}] 2: someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture [syn: {toaster}]

1: a blood test to detect syphilis; a complement fixation test is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism treponema; a positive reaction indicates the presence of antibodies and therefore s...

1: German bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for syphilis (1866-1925) [syn: {Agust von Wassermann}] 2: a blood test to detect syphilis; a complement fixation test is used to detect antibod...

1: a blood test to detect syphilis; a complement fixation test is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism treponema; a positive reaction indicates the presence of antibodies and therefore s...

1: Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944) [syn: {Kandinsky}]

1: United States economist (born in Russia) who devised an input-output method of economic analysis (1906-1999) [syn: {Leontief}]

1: the process of wasting 2: anything lost by wear or waste

1: disposed of as useless; "waste paper" [syn: {cast-off(a)}, {discarded}, {junked}, {scrap(a)}] 2: located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroad...