baldear

Phonetic: "/wɑʃ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.

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

Definition: A liquid used for washing.

Definition: A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.

Example: hand wash

Definition: The quantity of clothes washed at a time.

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

Definition: A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.

Definition: The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.

Example: I could hear the wash of the wave.

Definition: The wake of a moving ship.

Example: Sail away from the wash to avoid rocking the boat.

Definition: The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.

Definition: Ground washed away to the sea or a river.

Definition: A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.

Definition: A shallow body of water.

Definition: In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.

Definition: A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.

Definition: A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.

Definition: Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.

Definition: In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.

Definition: A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.

Definition: A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.

Definition: The blade of an oar.

Definition: The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.

Definition: Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.

Definition: The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.

Example: a carriage wash in a stable

Definition: A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.

Definition: (stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.

Phonetic: "/wɑʃ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To clean with water.

Example: Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans.

Definition: To move or erode by the force of water in motion.

Example: Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.

Definition: To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.

Definition: To clean oneself with water.

Example: I wash every morning after getting up.

Definition: To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.

Example: Waves wash the shore.

Definition: To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.

Example: to hear the water washing

Definition: To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.

Definition: To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.

Definition: To bear without injury the operation of being washed.

Example: Some calicoes do not wash.

Definition: To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.

Definition: To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.

Definition: To overlay with a thin coat of metal.

Example: steel washed with silver

Definition: To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.

Definition: To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.

Phonetic: "/daʊn/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A negative aspect; a downer.

Example: I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.

Definition: A grudge (on someone).

Definition: An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.

Definition: A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.

Example: I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field.

Definition: (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.

Example: I haven't solved 12 or 13 across, but I've got most of the downs.

Definition: A downstairs room of a two-story house.

Example: She lives in a two-up two-down.

Definition: Down payment.

Phonetic: "/daʊn/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down, to fell.

Example: A single rifle shot downed the mighty beast.

Definition: To lower; to put (something) down.

Example: The bell rang for lunch, and the workers downed their tools.

Definition: To defeat; to overpower.

Definition: To disparage, to put down.

Definition: To go or come down; to descend.

Definition: To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.

Example: He downed an ale and ordered another.

Definition: To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.

Example: He downed it at the seven-yard line.

Definition: (pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.

Example: He downed two balls on the break.

Phonetic: "/daʊn/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.

Example: Mary seems very down since she split up with her boyfriend.

Definition: (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.

Example: He is down with the flu.

Definition: At a lower level than before.

Example: Prices are down.

Definition: Having a lower score than an opponent.

Example: At 5–1 down, she produced a great comeback to win the set on a tiebreak.

Definition: (following the noun modified) Out.

Example: Two down and one to go in the bottom of the ninth.

Definition: (with "on") Negative about, hostile to.

Example: Ever since Nixon, I've been down on Republicans.

Definition: Comfortable with, accepting of, approachable.

Example: Are you down to hang out at the mall, Jamal?

Definition: Inoperable; out of order; out of service.

Example: The system is down.

Definition: Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).

Example: Ten minutes down and nothing's happened yet.

Definition: (police, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.

Example: There are three soldiers down and one walking wounded.

Definition: (of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.

Example: We have a chopper down near the river.

Definition: Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)

Example: It's two weeks until opening night and our lines are still not down yet.

Definition: Downright; absolute; positive.

Definition: Accepted or respected, especially in the black or thug community.

Example: What you mean, 'No'? Man, I thought you was down.

Definition: Facing downwards.

Phonetic: "/daʊn/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.

Example: The cat jumped down from the table.

Definition: At a lower or further place or position along a set path.

Example: His place is farther down the road.

Definition: South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).

Example: I went down to Miami for a conference.

Definition: Away from the city (regardless of direction).

Example: He went down to Cavan.

Definition: At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.

Example: She lives down by the park.

Definition: Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).

Definition: Into a state of non-operation.

Example: The computer has been shut down.

Definition: To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.

Example: After the incident, Kelly went down to Second Lieutenant.

Definition: In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

Definition: (sentence substitute) Get down.

Example: Down, boy! (such as to direct a dog to stand on four legs from two, or to sit from standing on four legs.)

Definition: (academia) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.

Example: He's gone back down to Newcastle for Christmas.

Definition: From a remoter or higher antiquity.

Example: These traditions have been handed down over generations.

Definition: So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.

Example: Please turn the music down!

Definition: So as to reduce size, weight or volume.

Example: Boil the mixture down to a syrupy consistency.

Definition: From less to greater detail.

Example: This spreadsheet lets you drill down to daily or even hourly sales figures.

Definition: So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.

Example: We need to nail down this carpet so people don't keep tripping over it.

Definition: (intensifier) Used with verbs to add emphasis to the action of the verb.

Example: They tamped (down) the asphalt to get a better bond.

Definition: Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, rather than being of indefinite duration.

Example: He boiled the mixture. / He boiled down the mixture.

Phonetic: "/daʊn/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: From the higher end to the lower of.

Example: The ball rolled down the hill.

Definition: From nouth to south of.

Example: We sailed down the eastern seaboard.

Definition: From one end to another of (in any direction); along.

Example: The bus went down the street.

Definition: At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).

Example: I'll see you later down the pub.