Wash

The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.

Dishwashers wash dishes way more efficiently than most humans.

This new washing powder rlly washes bedclothes superwhite.

Wash the vegetables, drain off the surplus water, and pack them in a keg, crock, or other utensil until it is nearly full

If using celery or okra, wash the vegetables in safe water.

Wash the vegetables thoroughly; even a little dirt can contain bacteria. Wash vegetables individually under running water.

Don't pour that in the drain; it will wash downstream.

Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.

The flood washed away houses.

The remaining flotsam was washed ashore.

I wash every morning after getting up.

Waves wash the shore.

fresh-blown roses washed with dew

[the landscape] washed with a cold, grey mist

to hear the water washing

I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, / And the wild water lapping on the crag.

“And then, how could he know it was her coffee? No, old fellow, I don’t think that will wash.”

Laureano singled out for criticism several board members who resisted the creation of the MAC and who suggested instead that the board deal with "reverse discrimination." "That doesn't wash," said Laureano. "It's just a knee-jerk reaction to what we are trying to achieve."

2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012 issue, The Jordan and its king: As beleaguered as ever The king is running out of ideas as well as cash. His favourite shock-absorbing tactic—to blame his governments and sack his prime ministers—hardly washes.

Claims of a lack of parliamentary time don't wash.

It won’t wash this time because Democrats smell blood, because Trump’s own supporters remain fixated and because the president’s refusal to release the Epstein files only adds to the intrigue.

Some calicoes do not wash.

steel washed with silver

Aqueous washings are done to remove water soluble impurities from organic products since normally the compound that you desire will be dissolved in the organic layer […]

I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed.

My jacket needs a wash.

There's a lot in that wash: maybe you should split it into two piles.

I could hear the wash of the wave.

[…] the wind in the cordage and the wash of the sea helped the more to put them beyond earshot […]

Bradly posed Cora against the incessantly moving patterns of the wash and set to work with nervous haste, alarmed at the difficult problem of water in movement.

The ship left a big wash

Sail away from the wash to avoid rocking the boat.

To date, much of the research undertaken on high-speed vessel wake wash has appeared only as unpublished reports for various authorities and management agencies.

The wash of pastures, fields, commons, and roads, […]where rain water hath a long time settled.

These Lincoln washes have devoured them.

1997, Stanley Desmond Smith, et al. Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants, Nature In some desert-wash systems (which have been termed “xero-riparian”)

...though the wash may carry surface water for only a few hours a year.

Rock Spring Wash continues a short distance then joins Watson Wash. Water from Rock Spring comes out of the boulder strewn wash and disappears into the sand

I knew that for every vote I cast for, say, the Republicans, some kid at a polling place nearby was casting his votes for the Democrats, so it was probably a wash or close to it.

In order to augment the vinosity of the wash, many substances are recommended by Dr. Shaw, such as tartar, nitre, common salt, and the vegetable or mineral acids.

a carriage wash in a stable