wash

the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

“from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water”

a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific

the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other

cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

admit to testing or proof

“This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court”

any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

“at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash”

apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to

a thin coat of water-base paint

be capable of being washed

“Does this material wash?”

form by erosion

“The river washed a ravine into the mountainside”

move by or as if by water

“The swollen river washed away the footbridge”