| blackwash | (verb) color with blackwash | - |
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| (verb) bring (information) out of concealment | - |
| brainwash | (verb) submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly | - |
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| (verb) persuade completely, often through coercion | - |
| handwash | (verb) wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine | Synonyms: hand-wash |
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| powerwash | (verb) wash before painting to remove old paint and mildew | Synonyms: pressure-wash |
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| stonewash | (verb) wash with stones to achieve a worn appearance | Synonyms: stone-wash |
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| swash | (verb) act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner | Synonyms: bluster, swagger |
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| (verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, tout, vaunt |
| (verb) dash a liquid upon or against | Synonyms: plash, spatter, splash, splatter, splosh |
| (verb) make violent, noisy movements | - |
| wash | (verb) cleanse (one's body) with soap and water | Synonyms: lave |
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| (verb) to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking | - |
| (verb) remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent | Synonyms: wash away, wash off, wash out |
| (verb) make moist | Synonyms: dampen, moisten |
| (verb) wash or flow against | Synonyms: lap, lave |
| (verb) form by erosion | - |
| (verb) wash by removing particles | Synonyms: hush |
| (verb) cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water | Synonyms: launder |
| (verb) separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals) | - |
| (verb) clean with some chemical process | Synonyms: rinse |
| (verb) apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to | - |
| (verb) move by or as if by water | - |
| (verb) be capable of being washed | - |
| (verb) admit to testing or proof | - |
| whitewash | (verb) exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data | - |
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| (verb) cover with whitewash | - |
| (verb) cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error | Synonyms: gloss over, hush up, sleek over |