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washing
Overview of noun washing
The noun washing has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (14) wash, washing, lavation -- (the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water))
2. laundry, wash, washing, washables -- (garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering)
Overview of verb wash
The verb wash has 13 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (13) wash, rinse -- (clean with some chemical process)
2. (9) wash, lave -- (cleanse (one's body) with soap and water)
3. (7) wash, launder -- (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!")
4. (2) wash -- (move by or as if by water; "The swollen river washed away the footbridge")
5. wash -- (be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?")
6. wash -- (admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court")
7. wash -- (separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals))
8. wash -- (apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to)
9. wash, wash out, wash off, wash away -- (remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; "he washed the dirt from his coat"; "The nurse washed away the blood"; "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"; "he managed to wash out the stains")
10. wash -- (form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside")
11. moisten, wash, dampen -- (make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows")
12. lave, lap, wash -- (wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore")
13. wash -- (to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun washing
2 senses of washing
Sense 1
wash, washing, lavation
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
laundry, wash, washing, washables
=> garment
=> clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment
=> covering
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> consumer goods
=> commodity, trade good, good
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> white goods, household linen
=> drygoods, soft goods
=> commodity, trade good, good
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun washing
1 of 2 senses of washing
Sense 1
wash, washing, lavation
=> washup, bathing
=> ablution
=> dishwashing, washup
=> washing-up
=> window-washing
=> rinse
=> soak, soaking
=> laundering
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun washing
2 senses of washing
Sense 1
wash, washing, lavation
=> work
Sense 2
laundry, wash, washing, washables
=> garment
=> white goods, household linen
Antonyms of noun washing
Member Holonyms of noun washing
Substance Holonyms of noun washing
Part Holonyms of noun washing
Member Meronyms of noun washing
Substance Meronyms of noun washing
Part Meronyms of noun washing
1 of 2 senses of washing
Sense 1
wash, washing, lavation
HAS PART: rinse, rinsing
Meronyms of noun washing
1 of 2 senses of washing
Sense 1
wash, washing, lavation
HAS PART: rinse, rinsing
Holonyms of noun washing
Attributes of noun washing
Derived Forms of noun washing
1 of 2 senses of washing
Sense 1
wash, washing, lavation
RELATED TO>(verb) wash#2
=> wash, lave
Domain of noun washing
Domain Terms of noun washing
Familiarity of noun washing
washing used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun washing
2 senses of washing
Sense 1
wash, washing, lavation
> work
=> wash, washing, lavation
=> action
=> job
=> job
=> operation, procedure
=> service
=> shining, polishing
=> heavy lifting
=> housewifery
=> housework, housekeeping
=> ironing
=> busywork, make-work
=> logging
=> loose end, unfinished business
=> nightwork
=> paperwork
=> welfare work, social service
=> labor, labour, toil
=> subbing, substituting
=> investigation, investigating
=> care, attention, aid, tending
=> duty
=> mission, missionary work
=> spadework
=> timework
=> undertaking, project, task, labor
=> coursework
Sense 2
laundry, wash, washing, washables
> garment
=> breechcloth, breechclout, loincloth
=> burqa, burka
=> camlet
=> diaper, nappy, napkin
=> fur
=> gown, surgical gown, scrubs
=> haik, haick
=> hand-me-down
=> head covering, veil
=> hose
=> ironing
=> jump suit, jumpsuit
=> kanzu
=> laundry, wash, washing, washables
=> legging, legin, leg covering
=> leotard, unitard, body suit, cat suit
=> mending
=> motley
=> neckwear
=> overgarment, outer garment
=> peplos, peplus, peplum
=> raglan
=> reversible
=> robe
=> romper, romper suit
=> sackcloth
=> scapular, scapulary
=> scarf
=> sealskin
=> separate
=> shirt
=> silks
=> skirt
=> stomacher
=> straitjacket, straightjacket
=> suit, suit of clothes
=> sunsuit
=> swaddling clothes, swaddling bands
=> sweater
=> sweat suit, sweatsuit, sweats, workout suit
=> swimsuit, swimwear, bathing suit, swimming costume, bathing costume
=> trouser
=> trouser, pant
=> undergarment, unmentionable
=> vest, waistcoat
=> weeds, widow's weeds
=> wet suit
=> wraparound
> white goods, household linen
=> ironing
=> laundry, wash, washing, washables
=> linen
Meronyms of noun washing
2 senses of washing
Sense 1
wash, washing, lavation
HAS PART: rinse, rinsing
Sense 2
laundry, wash, washing, washables
=> garment
HAS PART: armhole
HAS PART: band, banding, stripe
HAS PART: bosom
HAS PART: buttonhole, button hole
HAS PART: dart
HAS PART: eyelet, eyehole
HAS PART: fly, fly front
HAS PART: gusset, inset
HAS PART: jag, dag
HAS PART: jag
HAS PART: liner, lining
HAS PART: neck, neck opening
HAS PART: collar, neckband
HAS PART: facing
HAS PART: pocket
HAS PART: pocket flap
HAS PART: skirt
HAS PART: lap, lap covering
HAS PART: seat
HAS PART: sleeve, arm
HAS PART: cuff, turnup
HAS PART: facing
HAS PART: elbow
HAS PART: wristband
HAS PART: yoke
HAS PART: hipline
=> clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment
HAS PART: wardrobe
=> covering
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
=> consumer goods
=> commodity, trade good, good
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
=> white goods, household linen
=> drygoods, soft goods
=> commodity, trade good, good
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun washing
Grep of noun washing
brainwashing
dishwashing
washing
washing-up
washing day
washing machine
washing powder
washing soda
washington
washington's birthday
washington d.c.
washington irving
washington monument
washingtonian
window-washing
Antonyms of verb wash
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wash
13 senses of wash
Sense 1
wash, rinse
=> serve, process, swear out
=> deliver
=> bring, get, convey, fetch
=> transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
=> move, displace
Sense 2
wash, lave
=> cleanse, clean
=> groom, neaten
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Also See> wash up#1
Sense 3
wash, launder
=> clean, make clean
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
wash
=> move, displace
Sense 5
wash
=> be
Sense 6
wash
=> stand
=> continue
=> be
Sense 7
wash
=> separate
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 8
wash
=> cover
Sense 9
wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 10
wash
=> erode, eat away, fret
=> damage
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 11
moisten, wash, dampen
=> wet
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 12
lave, lap, wash
=> flow
=> flood
=> cover, spread over
=> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sense 13
wash
=> cleanse, clean
=> groom, neaten
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb wash
6 of 13 senses of wash
Sense 1
wash, rinse
=> elute
Sense 2
wash, lave
=> sponge down
=> scrub, scrub up
=> gargle, rinse
=> shampoo
=> hush
Sense 3
wash, launder
=> water-wash
=> wash out
=> pressure-wash, powerwash
=> suds
=> rinse, rinse off
=> cradle
=> stonewash, stone-wash
=> handwash, hand-wash
=> machine wash, machine-wash
=> acid-wash
Sense 7
wash
=> pan, pan out, pan off
Sense 8
wash
=> whitewash
Sense 11
moisten, wash, dampen
=> humidify, moisturize, moisturise
=> baste
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wash
13 senses of wash
Sense 1
wash, rinse
=> serve, process, swear out
Sense 2
wash, lave
=> cleanse, clean
Also See> wash up#1
Sense 3
wash, launder
=> clean, make clean
Sense 4
wash
=> move, displace
Sense 5
wash
=> be
Sense 6
wash
=> stand
Sense 7
wash
=> separate
Sense 8
wash
=> cover
Sense 9
wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 10
wash
=> erode, eat away, fret
Sense 11
moisten, wash, dampen
=> wet
Sense 12
lave, lap, wash
=> flow
Sense 13
wash
=> cleanse, clean
'Cause To' of verb wash
Derived Forms of verb wash
6 of 13 senses of wash
Sense 1
wash, rinse
RELATED TO>(adj) washable#1
=> washable
RELATED TO>(noun) wash#7
=> laundry, wash, washing, washables
RELATED TO>(noun) washer#1
=> washer
RELATED TO>(noun) washer#3
=> washer, automatic washer, washing machine
Sense 2
wash, lave
RELATED TO>(noun) wash#2
=> wash, washing, lavation
RELATED TO>(noun) washing#1
=> wash, washing, lavation
Sense 3
wash, launder
RELATED TO>(adj) washable#1
=> washable
RELATED TO>(noun) wash#7
=> laundry, wash, washing, washables
RELATED TO>(noun) wash#2
=> wash, washing, lavation
RELATED TO>(noun) washer#1
=> washer
RELATED TO>(noun) washer#3
=> washer, automatic washer, washing machine
Sense 5
wash
RELATED TO>(adj) washable#1
=> washable
RELATED TO>(noun) wash#2
=> wash, washing, lavation
Sense 8
wash
RELATED TO>(noun) wash#1
=> wash
Sense 13
wash
RELATED TO>(noun) wash#2
=> wash, washing, lavation
Domain of verb wash
Domain Terms of verb wash
Familiarity of verb wash
wash used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =13)
Sample Sentences of verb wash
13 senses of wash
Sense 1
wash, rinse
EX: They wash the cape
Sense 2
wash, lave
EX: They wash
EX: They wash themselves
Sense 3
wash, launder
EX: They wash the cape
Sense 4
wash
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
wash
*> Something ----s
*> Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Sense 6
wash
*> Something ----s
Sense 7
wash
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
wash
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 9
wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 10
wash
*> Something ----s something
Sense 11
moisten, wash, dampen
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 12
lave, lap, wash
*> Something ----s something
Sense 13
wash
*> Something ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb wash
13 senses of wash
Sense 1
wash, rinse
> serve, process, swear out
=> subpoena
=> wash, rinse
Sense 2
wash, lave
> cleanse, clean
=> bathe
=> wash
=> wash, lave
=> soap, lather
=> bathe, bath
=> douche
=> floss
=> decontaminate
Sense 3
wash, launder
> clean, make clean
=> disinfect
=> brush
=> dust
=> vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover
=> sanitize, sanitise, hygienize, hygienise
=> bream
=> steam, steam clean
=> preen, plume
=> sweep
=> wash up, do the dishes
=> pipe-clay
=> scavenge
=> dry clean
=> wash, launder
Sense 4
wash
> move, displace
=> mobilize, mobilise, circulate
=> relocate
=> dislocate, luxate, splay, slip
=> translate
=> station, post, base, send, place
=> agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
=> transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
=> funnel
=> brandish, flourish, wave
=> pull, draw, force
=> transport, carry
=> tug
=> disarrange
=> expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> engage, mesh, lock, operate
=> propel, impel
=> launch, set in motion
=> wind, wrap, roll, twine
=> unwind, wind off, unroll
=> wedge, squeeze, force
=> work
=> spill, shed, disgorge
=> spill, slop, splatter
=> unseat
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out
=> press down, depress
=> lift
=> flick, ruffle, riffle
=> work
=> take back
=> center, centre
=> pump
=> scan
=> jar, shake up, bump around
=> dandle
=> roll, revolve
=> push, force
=> rock, sway
=> fluctuate
=> pulse
=> shift, dislodge, reposition
=> glide
=> stir
=> play
=> overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over
=> transport, send, ship
=> send, direct
=> transport
=> saltate
=> lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
=> lift, raise
=> raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
=> drop
=> sink
=> advance, bring forward
=> chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
=> transfer, shift
=> displace, force out
=> herd, crowd
=> circulate
=> circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute
=> rout out, drive out, force out, rouse
=> drive
=> race, rush
=> woosh, whoosh
=> pour
=> exteriorize, bring outside
=> upstage
=> swing
=> turn, turn over
=> turn
=> turn
=> slide
=> run
=> whistle
=> beat, flap
=> singsong
=> hustle
=> wash
=> rake
=> blow
=> drag
=> pull, draw
=> lateralize
=> translate
=> hit, strike
=> change hands, change owners
=> transfer
=> expel, throw out, kick out
Sense 5
wash
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 6
wash
> stand
=> wash
Sense 7
wash
> separate
=> decompose, break up, break down
=> dialyse, dialyze
=> peptize, peptise
=> macerate
=> tease, card
=> filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out
=> extract
=> fractionate
=> fractionate
=> sift, sieve, strain
=> wash
=> avulse
Sense 8
wash
> cover
=> frost
=> frost
=> daub, smear
=> roof
=> mulch
=> turf
=> bank
=> carpet
=> carpet
=> board up
=> bedaub, besmear
=> bark
=> coat, surface
=> butter
=> lather
=> wallpaper, paper
=> canvas
=> paper
=> oil
=> wax
=> veneer
=> grease
=> wash
=> line
=> face
=> feather
=> wrap, wrap up
=> spritz
=> felt
=> paste
=> coif
=> hold
=> jacket
=> foil
=> whiteout, white out
=> flash
=> pall
=> sod
=> bind
=> plank, plank over
=> parcel
=> flake
=> recover
=> hood
=> cowl
=> clapboard
=> canopy
=> bread
=> blinker
=> blindfold
=> aluminize, aluminise
=> crown
=> sheet
=> tile
=> lag
=> mask
=> mask, block out
=> mask
=> blanket
=> plaster, plaster over, stick on
=> plaster
=> paint
=> put on, apply
=> laminate
=> spray
=> brush
=> frost, ice
=> smother, surround
=> envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
=> sheathe
=> crape, crepe
=> concrete
=> blacklead
=> grass
=> gravel
=> lime
=> mound over
=> straw
=> spread
=> drape
=> dust
=> plaster, beplaster
=> steel
Sense 9
wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
> remove, take, take away, withdraw
=> epilate, depilate
=> harvest
=> tip
=> stem
=> extirpate
=> enucleate
=> exenterate
=> enucleate
=> decorticate
=> bail
=> strip, undress, divest, disinvest
=> ablate
=> clean, pick
=> clean
=> winnow
=> unbrace
=> pick
=> clear, clear up
=> muck
=> lift
=> lift
=> lift
=> tear away, tear off
=> take off
=> take away, take out
=> pit, stone
=> seed
=> unhinge
=> shuck
=> hull
=> crumb
=> chip away, chip away at
=> burl
=> knock out
=> scavenge, clean
=> hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise
=> degas
=> husk, shell
=> bur, burr
=> clear off, clear away
=> flick
=> strip, dismantle
=> strip
=> clear
=> defang
=> bone, debone
=> disembowel, eviscerate, draw
=> shell
=> shuck
=> tusk, detusk
=> dehorn
=> scalp
=> weed
=> condense
=> bail out, bale out
=> leach, strip
=> decalcify
=> detoxify, detoxicate
=> de-ionate
=> de-iodinate
=> decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke
=> delouse
=> ream
=> brush
=> wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
=> desorb
=> pull
=> demineralize, demineralise
=> eliminate
=> expectorate, clear out, drive out
=> defuse
=> dredge
=> wear away, wear off
=> amputate, cut off
=> resect, eviscerate
=> skim, skim off, cream off, cream
=> strip
=> strip
=> scale, descale
=> circumcise
=> undock
=> dig, delve, cut into, turn over
=> excavate, dig, hollow
=> scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
=> extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
=> take out
=> unstring
=> string
=> wipe off, wipe away
=> take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off
=> unveil
=> unpack, take out
=> unburden, disburden
=> empty
=> discharge
=> unsaddle, offsaddle
=> shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
=> dislodge, free
=> clean
=> aspirate, draw out, suck out
=> delete, cancel
=> ladle, lade, laden
=> spoon
=> gut
=> head
=> draw off, draw away, pull off
=> clean, strip
=> draw, take out
=> draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
=> leach
=> draw
=> withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
Sense 10
wash
> erode, eat away, fret
=> wash
Sense 11
moisten, wash, dampen
> wet
=> bedew
=> drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
=> moisten, wash, dampen
=> water, irrigate
=> sprinkle, sparge, besprinkle
=> squirt
=> douse, dowse
Sense 12
lave, lap, wash
> flow
=> lave, lap, wash
Sense 13
wash
> cleanse, clean
=> bathe
=> wash
=> wash, lave
=> soap, lather
=> bathe, bath
=> douche
=> floss
=> decontaminate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb wash
Sense 1
wash, rinse
=> serve, process, swear out
Sense 3
wash, launder
=> clean, make clean
Sense 5
wash
=> be
Sense 7
wash
=> separate
Sense 9
wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Sense 2
wash, lave
=> cleanse, clean
Sense 13
wash
=> cleanse, clean
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Sense 4
wash
=> move, displace
Sense 10
wash
=> erode, eat away, fret
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Sense 6
wash
=> stand
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Sense 8
wash
=> cover
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Sense 11
moisten, wash, dampen
=> wet
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Sense 12
lave, lap, wash
=> flow
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Grep of verb wash
acid-wash
blackwash
brainwash
hand-wash
handwash
machine-wash
machine wash
powerwash
pressure-wash
stone-wash
stonewash
swash
wash
wash away
wash down
wash off
wash one's hands
wash out
wash up
water-wash
whitewash
Grep of adj washing
washingtonian
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