Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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dampen | No | No | Yes | No |
wash | Yes | No | Yes | No |
dampen (noun) | wash (noun) |
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any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out | |
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) | |
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering | |
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other | |
a thin coat of water-base paint | |
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) | |
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | |
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway) |
dampen (verb) | wash (verb) |
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lessen in force or effect | cleanse (one's body) with soap and water |
make moist | to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking |
check; keep in check (a fire) | remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent |
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible | make moist |
reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves) | wash or flow against |
suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity | form by erosion |
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping | wash by removing particles |
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water | |
separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals) | |
clean with some chemical process | |
apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to | |
move by or as if by water | |
be capable of being washed | |
admit to testing or proof |