wash

Topic: CLEANING

wash
2 noun

wash2

[countable usually singular]DHC an act of cleaning something using soap and water:

Those jeans need a good wash (=a thorough wash).

I'll just have a quick wash before we go out.

DHC [singular, uncountable] clothes that are to be washed, are being washed, or have just been washed:

You'd better put that shirt in the wash.

Do you need me to put another wash on?

[countable]DCB a liquid used to clean your skin:

an anti-bacterial facial wash

TTW

the movement of water caused by a passing boat:

the wash of a large motorboat

[countable]DCB a very thin transparent layer of paint or colour

6SG

the area of land that is sometimes covered by the sea

spoken

a) used to tell someone not to worry about a problem because it will be solved in the future

b) used to say that the truth about something will be known in the end

Definition of wash from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic CLEANING

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