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noun (washes)
- The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water.
- The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
- The sound of breaking of the seas e.g. on the shore.
- The wake of a moving ship.
- The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
- A lotion with medicinal or hygienic properties.
- Mouthwash
- Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
- A shallow body of water.
- (rfv-sense) In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo; wadi
- 1997 Stanley Desmond Smith, et al. Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants, Nature
- :In some desert- systems (which have been termed "xero-riparian")
- 1999 Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
- :" though the may carry surface water for only a few hours a year.
- 2005 Le Hayes Pilgrims in the Desert: The Early History of the East Mojave Desert
- :Rock Spring Wash continues a short distance then joins Watson Wash. Water from Rock Spring comes out of the boulder strewn and disappears into the sand
- A lack of progress or regress; no change
- ''His first week at the new job was a , since he spent so much time learning the system instead of using it. <!--is there a corresponding verb sense?--No, AFAIK>
verb (wash, es)
- To clean with water.
- To move by the force of water in motion (as in the flood washed away houses).
- (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
- (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
- (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
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noun
- sodium carbonate used as a laundry aid
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noun
- (uncountable) A clear liquid potable by humans and animals; the chemical H<small>2</small>O.
- (context, sometimes, countable) Mineral water.
- Perrier is the most popular in this restaurant.
- (context, countable, often in plural) spa, Spa water.
- Many people visit Bath to take the waters.
- (alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
- (context, India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see w:Classical_element, Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
- (context, in plural) A sea belonging to particular country.
- The boat was found in within the territorial waters.
- (context, in plural) Any body of water, such as a river or a lake.
- He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. "Psalms 23:2
- (colloquial) urine, Urine.
- (context, UK, in plural) amniotic fluid.
- Before the child is born, the pregnant woman"s waters break.
- (context, US, in singular) Amniotic fluid.
- Before the child is born, the pregnant woman"s breaks.
- (context, in plural) A complex or difficult situation.
- To fish in troubled waters.
- To stir the waters.
- Awkward position or circumstance; trouble.
- To get into deep .
- To be in hot over ill-chosen words.
- (countable) A serving of water.
:: ''I would like to order a
verb
- (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
- Sally watered the roses.
- (transitive) To provide (animals) with water.
- I need to go the cattle.
- (context, transitive, colloquial) To urinate.
- (intransitive) (Of eyes) to fill with tears due to irritation, pain etc.
- Chopping onions makes my eyes .
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noun
- (chemistry) The water present in the crystals of the salts of certain metals; it is weakly bound by electrostatic forces and may normally be removed by heating.
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noun
- a device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water by passing it through an ion exchange resin
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noun - a substance, such as a surfactant, that reduces the surface tension of a liquid, allowing it to spread across, and penetrate the surface of a solid
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noun
- a lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.
- Quotations
- 1952: For walls plaster gave a smooth white surface; or if it was not sufficiently white, or had become discoloured, it could be brightened up with a coat of whitewash or paint. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 157.
- A victory without reply
verb
- to paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.
- The houses looked very bright when they whitewashed the whole neighborhood.
- to cover over errors or bad actions.
- In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.
- (baseball) (slang) an 1800s baseball term meaning to hold a team pointless
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noun - wolframite
- tungsten
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noun
- (organic compound) The compound methyl alcohol or methanol.
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