Wash Away

Definitions: Wash Away

Wash Away

Verb

1. Eliminate; "wash away all the differences".

2. Remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent: "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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Wash Away

Crosswords: Wash Away

Father Pierre, why did you stay on in this colonial kampari-land, where the clink of glasses mingles with the murmur of a million mosquitoes, where waterfalls and whiskey wash away the worries of a world-weary whicker, where gin and tonics jingle in a gyroscopic jubilee of something beginning with J? (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

So we could wash away the past, (Biggest Part of Me; performing artist: Ambrosia)

To wash away the pain (Summer Rain; performing artist: Carl Thomas)

I will wash away your pain with all my tears (#1 Crush; performing artist: Garbage)

And a smile that won't wash away (Building A Mystery; performing artist: Sarah McLachlan)

And wash away the rain (BLACK HOLE SUN; performing artist: Soundgarden)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• I Didn't Know That Tidal Waves Wash Away Cities and Other Amazing Facts About Stormy Seas (World Around Us) (reference)

• Tidal Waves Wash Away Cities (I Didn't Know That) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "wash away": wash away the bank. Additional references.

Albanian

del me të larë (wash off). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отнасям (blow away, carry away, number, relate, snatch, subsume, take away, take off, walk away with, whiffle, whip off), отмивам (wash, wash down, wash off), подравям (dig under, subvert), подмивам (undermine, wash out), измивам (wash, wash down, wash off, wash out). (various references)

Chinese 

流失 (be drained away, to run off, to wash away). (various references)

Czech

vymýt (flush out, swill, wash off, wash out). (various references)

Danish

spildt væske bortvæskes med rigeligt vand (wash away spilled liquid with plenty of water). (various references)

Dutch

morsvloeistof wegspoelen met veel water (wash away spilled liquid with plenty of water). (various references)

French

s'effondrer (give way), laver ses péchés. (various references)

German

wegspülen (carry away, flush away, flush out, sweep away), hinwegspülen. (various references)

Greek 

καθαρίζω (absterge, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, clear out, clear up, defecate, finish up, flux, furbish, net, peel, purge, purify, rarefy, scavenge, scour, to clean, to skin). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשטוף (flood, inundate, rinse, stream, swab, swill, wash), ל�"שטיף (flood), לסחוף (carry away, drift, erode, sweep, sweep away). (various references)

Hungarian

elmos (gully, to eat away, to obliterate, to wash out, wash up). (various references)

Italian

trascinare via (sweep away). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

押し流す (to wash away), 浚う (to dredge, to sweep away, to wash away), 洗い流す (to wash away), 一洗 (thoroughly wash away). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おしながす (to wash away), さらう (to abduct, to carry off, to dredge, to kidnap, to practise, to rehearse, to review, to run away with, to sweep away, to wash away), いっせ�" (a battle, a bout, a flash, a game, a line, one thousand, thoroughly wash away), あらいながす (to wash away). (various references)

Manx

skeabey ersooyl (brush away, sweep away, sweep off), goaill magh lesh niaghyn. (various references)

Pig Latin

ashway awayay

Portuguese

lave o líquido que vazou com muita água (wash away spilled liquid with plenty of water). (various references)

Romanian

surpa malul (wash away the bank). (various references)

Russian 

смыть (wash off). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sprati (flush, scour, wash off), isprati (pump out, rinse, rinse out, wash, wash off). (various references)

Spanish

quitar (abstract, blow off, brush away, brush off, clear away, clear out, come off, encroach on, excise, get away, get off, get out, give, iron out, kill, knock off, knock out, lay, leak away, leak out, leave, lend, let away, litter, Parry, pick off, pinch, pull off, push off, relieve, remove, take away, take down, take from, take off, take out, take up, tear down, throw aside, throw away, throw over, throw up, tidy away, trim away, trim off, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn off, twist off, wash off, weaken, weed, withdraw). (various references)

Swedish

urholka (dig out, excavate, gouge, hollow, hollow out), tvätta bort, skölja bort. (various references)

Turkish

yıkayıp temizlemek (wash, wash off, wash out), sürüklenmek (be dragged along, be led to, drag on, drift, lug, ride, scud, slide into, take tow, trail, wash off), sürüklemek (blow away, drag, drag along, drift, eat at, eat away, Hale, incline, lug, make leeway, pluck, schlep, schlepp, sweep, sweep before one, trail, train, tug, waft, wash off), aşınmak (be abraded, be eroded, chafe, consume away, fine away, fine down, fine off, fray, fray out, rub off, wash off, waste, waste away, wear away, wear down, wear off, wear out), aşındırmak (abrade, attack, bite, corrode, eat, eat at, eat away, erode, fray, fray out, fret, gnaw into, wash, wash off, wear, wear off). (various references)

Turkmen 

kцwmek (dig, make a hole in). (various references)

Ukranian 

відмивати. (various references)

eluzai. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: awash, ayahs, washy.

-4 letters: aahs, ashy, away, ayah, haws, hays, shaw, shay, sway, wash, waws, ways, whys, yaws.

-5 letters: aah, aas, aha, ash, awa, ays, has, haw, hay, saw, say, sha, shy, was, waw, way, wha, why, yah, yaw.

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