Sentence:  This time we started with melon, went on to salad and cold chicken, next tried some excellent Camembert and finished up with grapes. To <WSD>wash</WSD> this <WSD>down</WSD> in the enginemen's shanty, we had a nice white Bordeaux, followed by the remains of the Rosé and finishing up with excellent Beaujolais. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To help to swallow by drinking a liquid, after eating something, or taking a pill.