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WASHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Clean by virtue of having been washed in water
Synonyms:
washed; water-washed
Classified under:
Similar:
clean (free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Wet as from washing; sometimes used in combination
Example:
rain-washed
Classified under:
Similar:
wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb wash
Context examples:
The result is that there could be a buildup of neuro-inflammation that isn't being washed away.
(Scientists say excess cerebrospinal fluid may serve as early sign of autism, Wikinews)
They cooked for the master and washed the dishes and did other things just as Matt had done up in the Klondike.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Sinking below the bird and mast, a drowned corpse glanced through the green water; a fair arm was the only limb clearly visible, whence the bracelet had been washed or torn.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A mild salt solution is washed over the surface of the airways to collect cells, which are then looked at under a microscope.
(Bronchial washing, NCI Dictionary)
I was insensible when washed ashore, but the miserable remnant of my superb specimen was still intact; I now lay it before you.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Once the house had been painted, but the sun blistered the paint and the rains washed it away, and now the house was as dull and gray as everything else.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
The influx of water from the rings, appearing at specific latitudes, washed away the stratospheric haze, making it appear dark in reflected light, producing the narrow dark bands.
(Saturn is Losing Its Rings, NASA)
Fertilizer washed away by rain winds up in streams, rivers, bays and lakes, feeding algae that can grow out of control, blocking sunlight and killing plant and animal life below.
(Bacteria Used to Create Fertilizer Out of Thin Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
If applied to concrete on the street or the walls of buildings, the harmless photodegradation products could be washed away by rain or wind, or manually cleaned off.
(Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution, University of Cambridge)
In cell culture, the process in which cells are disassociated, washed, and seeded into new culture vessels after a round of cell growth and proliferation.
(Passage, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
