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Wash.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wash."

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cleanseverb(transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
rinseverb(transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.
laundernounTo wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
batheverb(intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
scrubnoun(transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
cleanverbFree of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
abluteverb(intransitive, colloquial) To wash oneself.
sluicenounAn artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
douchenounA jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for irrigation.
flushnounA group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
soakverb(intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
shampoonoun(hygiene) A commercial liquid soaplike product for washing hair or other fibers, such as carpets.
showernounA brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
spongenoun(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
swabnoun(medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
wipeverb(transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
lathernoun(countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
scournoun(transitive) To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.
douseverb(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
lavagenounA washing.

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