| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| wash |
| 1. v. To clean with water. |
| The car is so dirty, we need to wash it. |
| Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans. |
| 2. v. To move or erode by the force of water in motion. |
| Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment. |
| The flood washed away houses. |
| 3. v. (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water. |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To clean oneself with water. |
| I wash every morning after getting up. |
| 5. v. To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten. |
| Waves wash the shore. |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash. |
| to hear the water washing |
| 7. v. (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water. |
| 8. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique. |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed. |
| Some calicoes do not wash. |
| 10. v. (intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc. |
| 11. v. To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly. |
| 12. v. To overlay with a thin coat of metal. |
| steel washed with silver |
| 13. v. To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide. |
| 14. v. To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents. |
| 15. n. The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid. |
| I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed. |
| My jacket needs a wash. |
| 16. n. A liquid used for washing. |
| 17. n. The quantity of clothes washed at a time. |
| There's a lot in that wash: maybe you should split it into two piles. |
| 18. n. (arts) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint. |
| 19. n. The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore. |
| I could hear the wash of the wave. |
| 20. n. The wake of a moving ship. |
| The ship left a big wash |
| Sail away from the wash to avoid rocking the boat. |
| 21. n. The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane. |
| 22. n. A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties. |
| mouth wash |
| hand wash |
| 23. n. Ground washed away to the sea or a river. |
| 24. n. A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh. |
| 25. n. A shallow body of water. |
| 26. n. In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi. |
| 27. n. A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change. |
| 28. n. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash. |
| 29. n. In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted. |
| 30. n. A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation. |
| 31. n. A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation. |
| 32. n. (nautical) The blade of an oar. |
| 33. n. The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc. |
| 34. n. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters. |
| 35. n. (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water. |
| a carriage wash in a stable |
| 36. n. (television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour. |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| tvätta |
| 1. v. to wash (to clean with water) |
| Han tvättade kläderna - He washed the clothes |
| 2. v. wash; to clean oneself |
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