Washed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Washed	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Washed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
washed adj clean by virtue of having been washed in water [syn: washed, water-washed] wet as from washing; sometimes used in combination; "rain- washed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wash \Wash\ (w[ocr]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Washed} (w[ocr]sht); 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 or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, . . . he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person. --Matt. xxvii. 24. 2. To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves wash the shore. Fresh-blown roses washed with dew. --Milton. [The landscape] washed with a cold, gray mist. --Longfellow. 3. To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Washed \Washed\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects.