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washed |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wash \Wash\ (w[o^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Washed} (w[o^]sht); p. pr & vb n. {Washing}.] [OE. waschen, AS wascan akin to D. wasschen G. waschen, OHG. wascan Icel. & Sw vaska, Dan. vaske, and perhaps to E. water. [root]150.] 1. To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, . . . he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person. --Matt. xxvii. 24. 2. To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence to overflow or dash against; as waves wash the shore. Fresh-blown roses washed with dew. --Milton. [The landscape] washed with a cold, gray mist. --Longfellow. 3. To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as heavy rains wash a road or an embankment. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Washed \Washed\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: washed adj 1: clean by virtue of having been washed in water [syn: {water-washed}] 2: wet as from washing; sometimes used in combination; "rain-washed"
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