Hypertext Webster Gateway: "washed"
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) 1.7 (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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