WASHING Synonyms

• wash or flow against

• cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

• wash one's face and hands

• a relatively well-defined prevailing wind

• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

• the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

• the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward

• suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity

• make moist

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

• make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

• check; keep in check (a fire)

• lessen in force or effect

• (poetic) tranquil silence

• become quiet or still; fall silent

• cause to be quiet or not talk

• become quiet or quieter

• wash by removing particles

• run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

• the upper side of the thighs of a seated person

• an area of control or responsibility

• the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs

• a flap that lies over another part

• movement once around a course

• touching with the tongue

• lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

• pass the tongue over

• move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound

• take up with the tongue

• wash or flow against

• cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

• convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones

• the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

• make moist

• moisten with fine drops

• any competition

• a contest of speed

• people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock

• (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

• a canal for a current of water

• move hurridly

• compete in a race

• to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others

• cause to move fast or to rush or race

• a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint

• the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing

• the act of giving a light tint to the hair

• washing lightly without soap

• wash off soap or remaining dirt

• clean with some chemical process

• rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash

• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

• garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

• the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water

• the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

• someone who is unsuccessful

• the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

• to set aside as irrelevant

• remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

• a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other

• remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

• prevent or interrupt due to rain

• wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt

• wear or destroy by the force of water

• remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

• deplete of strength or vitality

• drain off the color in the course of laundering

• lose color in the process of being washed