wash+away

  • 1wash-away — washˈ away noun (esp Aust) 1. The destruction of part of a road, railway, etc by flooding 2. The breach so caused 3. An erosion of the earth by the action of water 4. The channel so made • • • Main Entry: ↑wash …

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  • 2wash away — index purge (purify) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3wash away — verb 1. eliminate wash away all the differences • Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take away • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something 2. remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or …

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  • 4wash away — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms wash away : present tense I/you/we/they wash away he/she/it washes away present participle washing away past tense washed away past participle washed away if something such as rain or a river washes something… …

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  • 5wash away — PHRASAL VERB If rain or floods wash away something, they destroy it and carry it away. [V P n (not pron)] Flood waters washed away one of the main bridges in Pusan... [V P n (not pron)] This causes environmental damage when the topsoil is washed… …

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  • 6wash away — verb a) To eliminate, or destroy by fast moving water, such as in a flood, or a high sea. Thousands were left homeless as the flood waters washed away the eastern part of the city. b) (by extention) To eliminate, in a figurative sense …

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  • 7wash away — phr verb Wash away is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bridge, ↑grime, ↑sin …

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  • 8wash away — I. Purify, cleanse. II. (also wash off, wash out) Remove by washing, take away by the action of water, drag off, draw off, carry off …

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  • 9wash away — clean by laundry …

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  • 10Wash — (w[o^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Washed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Washing}.] [OE. waschen, AS. wascan; akin to D. wasschen, G. waschen, OHG. wascan, Icel. & Sw. vaska, Dan. vaske, and perhaps to E. water. [root]150.] 1. To cleanse by ablution, or dipping …

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