The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid. • A liquid used for washing. • A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties. • The quantity of clothes washed at a time. • A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint. • The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach. • The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular: • The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws. • The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane. • The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc. • The blade of an oar. • Ground washed away to the sea or a river. • A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh. • A shallow body of water. • In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream. • A situation in which gains and losses or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent, or in which there is no net change. • A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients. • Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash. • In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted. • A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation. • A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation. • Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters. • The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water. • A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour. • A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight. • A total failure; a washout.