| Main Entry: | wash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bathe, clean |
Synonyms: |
bath, brush up, bubble, clean up, cleanse, dip, do the dishes, do the laundry, douse, drench, float, fresh up, freshen up, hose, imbue, immerse, lap, launder, lave, moisten, rinse, scour, scrub, shampoo, shine, shower, slosh, soak, soap, sponge, starch, swab, take a bath, take a shower, tub, wash up, wet, wipe |
Antonyms: |
dirty |
| Main Entry: | wash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be convincing |
Synonyms: |
be acceptable, be plausible, be reasonable, bear scrutiny, carry weight, convince, endure, hold up, hold water, stand up, stick* |
| Main Entry: | washed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | laundered |
Synonyms: |
cleaned, scrubbed |
Antonyms: |
dirty, soiled |
| Main Entry: | washed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bathed |
Synonyms: |
cleansed, laved, showered, sponged |
| Main Entry: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean, prepare by whisking |
Synonyms: |
buff, clean, paint, polish, sweep, wash, whisk, wipe |
| Main Entry: | clean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not dirty; uncluttered |
Synonyms: |
apple-pie order, blank, bright, cleansed, clear, delicate, dirtless, elegant, faultless, flawless, fresh, graceful, hygienic, immaculate, laundered, neat, neat as a button, neat as a pin, orderly, pure, sanitary, shining, simple, snowy, sparkling, speckless, spic and span, spotless, squeaky, stainless, taintless, tidy, trim, unblemished, unpolluted, unsmudged, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, vanilla, washed, well-kept, white |
Antonyms: |
cluttered, dirty, filthy, foul, polluted, stained, tarnished |
| Main Entry: | clean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty, uncluttered |
Synonyms: |
absterge, bath, bathe, blot, brush, cauterize, clarify, cleanse, clear the decks, clear up, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, do up, dredge, dust, edulcorate, elutriate, erase, expunge, expurgate, flush, hackle, launder, lave, mop, neaten, pick, pick up, polish, purge, purify, rake, rasp, refine, rinse, rout out, sanitize, scald, scour, scrape, scrub, shake out, shampoo, soak, soap, sponge, spruce up, sterilize, straighten up, swab, sweep, tidy up, vacuum, wash, whisk, winnow, wipe |
Antonyms: |
adulterate, defile, dirty, foul, soil, stain |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pigmented; shade |
Synonyms: |
adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, chalk, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, pinken, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, variegate, wash |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color |
Antonyms: |
discolor, pale, whiten |
| Main Entry: | colored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not white |
Synonyms: |
dyed, flushed, glowing, hued, shaded, stained, tinged, tinted, washed |
Antonyms: |
white |
| Main Entry: | decontaminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean |
Synonyms: |
antiseptize, cleanse, disinfect, fumigate, make sterile, purify, sanitize, sterilize, wash |