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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
  • A shallow body of water.
  • A lack of progress or regress; no change
  • A liquid used for washing.
  • Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
  • In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo; wadi
  • The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
  • The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
  • The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
  • The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
  • The wake of a moving ship.

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Verb:

  • (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
  • (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
  • mining To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
  • To clean with water.
  • To move by the force of water in motion (as in ''the flood washed away houses'').

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