Dictionary entry

Wash (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wash, v. i. 1. To perform the act of ablution.

Wash in Jordan seven times. 2 Kings v. 10.

2. To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water. “She can wash and scour.” Shak.

3. To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash.

4. 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.