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.