| awash | (adjective) covered with water | Synonyms: afloat, flooded, inundated, overflowing |
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| backwash | (noun) the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward | Synonyms: wake |
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| (noun) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | Synonyms: airstream, race, slipstream, wash |
| (noun) the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) | Synonyms: aftermath, wake |
| blackwash | (noun) a wash that colors a surface black | - |
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| (noun) a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores | Synonyms: black lotion |
| (noun) an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation | Synonyms: assassination, character assassination |
| (verb) color with blackwash | - |
| (verb) bring (information) out of concealment | - |
| brainwash | (verb) submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly | - |
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| (verb) persuade completely, often through coercion | - |
| eyewash | (noun) lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes | Synonyms: collyrium, eye-lotion |
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| handwash | (verb) wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine | Synonyms: hand-wash |
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| hogwash | (noun) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) | Synonyms: buncombe, bunk, bunkum, guff, rot |
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| mouthwash | (noun) a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth | Synonyms: gargle |
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| pigwash | (noun) wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk | Synonyms: pigswill, slop, slops, swill |
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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 | (noun) the movement or sound of water | - |
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| (verb) act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner | Synonyms: bluster, swagger |
| (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 | (noun) any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out | - |
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| (noun) the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) | Synonyms: lavation, washing |
| (noun) garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering | Synonyms: laundry, washables, washing |
| (noun) a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other | Synonyms: wash drawing |
| (noun) a thin coat of water-base paint | - |
| (noun) the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) | Synonyms: dry wash |
| (noun) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | Synonyms: airstream, backwash, race, slipstream |
| (noun) the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway) | Synonyms: washout |
| (verb) cleanse (one's body) with soap and water | Synonyms: lave |
| (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 | (noun) a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects | - |
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| (noun) wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces | - |
| (noun) a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score | - |
| (verb) exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data | - |
| (verb) cover with whitewash | - |
| (verb) cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error | Synonyms: gloss over, hush up, sleek over |