Word: wash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *wodsḱéti Proto-Germanic *waskaną Proto-West Germanic *waskan Old English wascan Middle English wasshen English wash From Middle English wasshen, waschen, weschen (“to wash”), from Old English wascan (“to wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *waskan (“to wash”), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, *watskaną (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet, water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (“to wash”), West Frisian waskje (“to wash”), Dutch wassen, wasschen (“to wash”), Low German waschen (“to wash”), German waschen (“to wash”), Danish vaske (“to wash”), Faroese and Icelandic vaska (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Nynorsk vaske, vaska (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”). The noun is cognate with Saterland Frisian Waaske (“wash”), West Frisian wask (“wash”), Dutch was (“wash”), Low German Wask, Waske (“wash”), German Wäsche (“wash”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish vask (“wash”). Pronunciation: /wɒʃ/, /wɛʃ/, /wɑʃ/, /wɔʃ/, /wɔɹʃ/ 1. To clean with water. Labels: transitive Example: The car is so dirty, we need to wash it. Example: Dishwashers wash dishes way more efficiently than most humans. 2. To carry away or erode by the force of water in motion. Labels: transitive Example: Don't pour that in the drain; it will wash downstream. Example: Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment. 3. To be eroded or carried away by the action of water. Labels: intransitive 4. To clean oneself with water. Labels: intransitive Example: I wash every morning after getting up. 5. To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten. Labels: transitive Example: Waves wash the shore. Example: fresh-blown roses washed with dew 6. To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash. Labels: intransitive Example: to hear the water washing Example: I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, / And the wild water lapping on the crag. 7. To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: “And then, how could he know it was her coffee? No, old fellow, I don’t think that will wash.” Example: Laureano singled out for criticism several board members who resisted the creation of the MAC and who suggested instead that the board deal with "reverse discrimination." "That doesn't wash," said Laureano. "It's just a knee-jerk reaction to what we are trying to achieve." 8. To bear without damage the operation of being washed; to be suitable for washing. Labels: intransitive Example: Some calicoes do not wash. 9. To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly. Labels: transitive 10. To overlay with a thin coat of metal. Labels: transitive Example: steel washed with silver 11. To pass or extract (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents. Labels: transitive Example: Aqueous washings are done to remove water soluble impurities from organic products since normally the compound that you desire will be dissolved in the organic layer[…] 12. To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water. 13. To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide. Labels: transitive 14. To mix up tiles (before a new game) to make them random; to shuffle.