Wash
Cleaning
A wash is the act of cleaning: I wash my hands in soapy water.
Painting
A wash is a light covering of watercolor on a painting. When painting
three-dimensional models, they can be used to add shading.
Geography
A wash is a small river or stream. Typically (at least in rural
parts of the central United States, and the especially the deserts
of the Southwest) the term wash is used to reference a stream that
only carries water when there is rain, and usually dries quickly.
The term does not refer to a section of land that gets wet during
heavy rains, which is a flood plain.
Equality
There is a common American phrase of, 'it's a wash'. This means
the process of coming to be on equal footing with another party.
If person A gives person B one dollar at the same time that person
B gives person A a dollar, 'it's a wash'.
Brewing
A synonym for mash, a mixture of sugar and/or other carbohydrates
(such as grains, corn, potatoes, etc), water, and yeast. The resulting
mixture is fermented and then usually distilled to make vodka, whiskey,
or rum.
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