wash

Từ điển Collocation

wash noun

ADJ. good | quick | car

VERB + WASH have He had a quick wash and shave. | do I'm doing a dark wash (= washing all the dark clothes together). | could do with, need That car could do with a good wash.

PREP. in the ~ (= being washed or waiting to be washed) Your shirt's in the wash.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a thin coat of water-base paint
  • the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water); washing, lavation
  • the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon); dry wash
  • the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); washout

    from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water

  • the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller; slipstream, airstream, race, backwash
  • a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other; wash drawing
  • garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering; laundry, washing, washables
  • any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

    at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash

    v.

  • clean with some chemical process; rinse
  • cleanse (one's body) with soap and water; lave
  • cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; launder

    Wash the towels, please!

  • move by or as if by water

    The swollen river washed away the footbridge

  • be capable of being washed

    Does this material wash?

  • admit to testing or proof

    This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court

  • separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
  • apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
  • remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; wash out, wash off, wash away

    he washed the dirt from his coat

    The nurse washed away the blood

    Can you wash away the spots on the windows?

    he managed to wash out the stains

  • form by erosion

    The river washed a ravine into the mountainside

  • make moist; moisten, dampen

    The dew moistened the meadows

  • wash or flow against; lave, lap

    the waves laved the shore

  • to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

    The cat washes several times a day

English Idioms Dictionary

(See a wash)

Bloomberg Financial Glossary

Gains equal losses.

Investopedia Financial Terms

Wash
A situation in which two events or actions have the effect of nullifying each other. In terms of investment, this could be when the gains in a portfolio equal the losses.
Investopedia Says:
This is another way of saying that you've broken even.

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

washes|washed|washing
syn.: bathe clean launder rinse scour scrub