Standard Lemma guide

wash

name · noun · verb · 63 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /wɒʃ/
  • Northumbria: /wɛʃ/
  • General-American: /wɑʃ/
  • dialectal: /wɔʃ/
  • dialectal: /wɔɹʃ/ r-insertion
  • obsolete: /wæʃ/
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  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒʃ
  • rhymes with -ɑːʃ
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ʃ
  • CMU ARPABET: W AA1 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A bay with multiple estuaries of great ecological importance in eastern England, dividing Lincolnshire from Norfolk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A diminutive of the male given name Washington.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed.
  • My jacket needs a wash.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A liquid used for washing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • mouth wash
  • hand wash

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The quantity of clothes washed at a time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: art, arts

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • I could hear the wash of the wave.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular:

The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The ship left a big wash
  • Sail away from the wash to avoid rocking the boat.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular:

The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular:

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

The blade of an oar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

Ground washed away to the sea or a river.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

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 source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

A shallow body of water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: arroyo, wadi, nahal (synonymous other than regiolectal specificity)
  • 1997, Stanley Desmond Smith, et al. Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants, Nature In some desert-wash systems (which have been termed “xero-riparian”)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dry wash, arroyo, wadi, nahal

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

A situation in which gains and losses or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent, or in which there is no net change.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, idiomatic, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

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 source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, slang, uncountable

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

noun

Meaning 23

Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

noun

Meaning 24

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: architecture

Examples

  • a carriage wash in a stable

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

noun

Meaning 25

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: broadcasting, media, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

noun

Meaning 26

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

noun

Meaning 27

A total failure; a washout.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

noun

Meaning 28

Acronym of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

verb

Meaning 29

To clean with water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.
  • Dishwashers wash dishes way more efficiently than most humans.
  • This new washing powder rlly washes bedclothes superwhite.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

verb

Meaning 30

To carry away or erode by the force of water in motion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Don't pour that in the drain; it will wash downstream.
  • Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
  • The flood washed away houses.
  • The remaining flotsam was washed ashore.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

31

verb

Meaning 31

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

verb

Meaning 32

To clean oneself with water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • I wash every morning after getting up.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

verb

Meaning 33

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Waves wash the shore.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

verb

Meaning 34

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • to hear the water washing

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

verb

Meaning 35

To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, intransitive

Examples

  • 2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012 issue, The Jordan and its king: As beleaguered as ever The king is running out of ideas as well as cash. His favourite shock-absorbing tactic—to blame his governments and sack his prime ministers—hardly washes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

36

verb

Meaning 36

To bear without damage the operation of being washed; to be suitable for washing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Some calicoes do not wash.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

verb

Meaning 37

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

38

verb

Meaning 38

To overlay with a thin coat of metal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • steel washed with silver

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

39

verb

Meaning 39

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

40

verb

Meaning 40

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, mining

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

41

verb

Meaning 41

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

42

verb

Meaning 42

To mix up tiles (before a new game) to make them random; to shuffle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

43

noun

Meaning 43

the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: washing, lavation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: work

Narrower terms: washup, bathing, ablution, dishwashing, washing-up, window-washing, rinse, soak, soaking, laundering

44

noun

Meaning 44

any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: business activity, commercial activity

45

noun

Meaning 45

garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: laundry, washing, washables

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: garment, white goods, household linen

46

noun

Meaning 46

a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wash drawing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: watercolor, water-color, watercolour, water-colour

47

noun

Meaning 47

a thin coat of water-base paint

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: water-base paint

Narrower terms: blackwash, calcimine, color wash, colour wash, whitewash

48

noun

Meaning 48

the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dry wash

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: streambed, creek bed

49

noun

Meaning 49

the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slipstream, airstream, race, backwash

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flow

50

noun

Meaning 50

the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: washout

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: soil erosion

Narrower terms: rain-wash

51

verb

Meaning 51

to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The cat washes several times a day

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cleanse, clean

52

verb

Meaning 52

cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lave

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cleanse, clean

Narrower terms: sponge down, scrub, scrub up, gargle, rinse, shampoo, hush

53

verb

Meaning 53

wash or flow against

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the waves laved the shore

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lave, lap

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flow

54

verb

Meaning 54

make moist

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The dew moistened the meadows

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: moisten, dampen

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wet

Narrower terms: humidify, moisturize, moisturise, baste

55

verb

Meaning 55

form by erosion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The river washed a ravine into the mountainside

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: erode, eat away, fret

56

verb

Meaning 56

remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he washed the dirt from his coat
  • The nurse washed away the blood
  • Can you wash away the spots on the windows?
  • he managed to wash out the stains

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wash out, wash off, wash away

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: remove, take, take away, withdraw

57

verb

Meaning 57

apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cover

Narrower terms: whitewash

58

verb

Meaning 58

clean with some chemical process

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rinse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: serve, process, swear out

Narrower terms: elute

59

verb

Meaning 59

cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Wash the towels, please!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: launder

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: clean, make clean

Narrower terms: water-wash, wash out, pressure-wash, powerwash, suds, rinse, rinse off, cradle, stonewash, stone-wash, handwash, hand-wash, machine wash, machine-wash, acid-wash

60

verb

Meaning 60

separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: separate

Narrower terms: pan, pan out, pan off

61

verb

Meaning 61

move by or as if by water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The swollen river washed away the footbridge

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: move, displace

62

verb

Meaning 62

admit to testing or proof

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stand

63

verb

Meaning 63

be capable of being washed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Does this material wash?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: be

History

Etymology

Possibilities are discussed at The Wash § History.

Clipping of Washington.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *wodsḱéti Proto-Germanic *waskaną Proto-West Germanic *waskan Old English wascan Middle English wasshen English wash From Middle English wasshen, waschen, weschen (“to wash”), from Old English wascan (“to wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *waskan (“to wash”), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, *watskaną (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet, water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (“to wash”), West Frisian waskje (“to wash”), Dutch wassen, wasschen (“to wash”), Low German waschen (“to wash”), German waschen (“to wash”), Danish vaske (“to wash”), Faroese and Icelandic vaska (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Nynorsk vaske, vaska (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”). The noun is cognate with Saterland Frisian Waaske (“wash”), West Frisian wask (“wash”), Dutch was (“wash”), Low German Wask, Waske (“wash”), German Wäsche (“wash”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish vask (“wash”).

Across languages

Translations

431 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: миене (miene) — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Catalan: rentada — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Dutch: was — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Esperanto: lavado — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Finnish: pesu — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • French: lavage — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Galician: lavado — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Galician: lavadura — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • German: Wäsche — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Japanese: 洗浄 (senjou) — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Japanese: 洗濯 (sentaku) — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Khmer: ការលាង (kaa lieng) — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Latin: lōtiō — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Luxembourgish: Wäsch — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Portuguese: lavagem — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Russian: мытьё (mytʹjó) — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Russian: сти́рка (stírka) — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Spanish: lavado — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Swedish: tvätt — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Tagalog: hugas — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Ukrainian: миття́ (myttjá) — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Ukrainian: прання́ (prannjá) — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Walloon: lavaedje — process or an instance of washing or being washed by water
  • Finnish: huuhde — liquid for washing
  • Finnish: pesuneste — liquid for washing
  • Bulgarian: пране (prane) — clothes washed at a time
  • Finnish: pyykki — clothes washed at a time
  • French: machine — clothes washed at a time
  • Plautdietsch: Wausch — clothes washed at a time
  • Russian: бельё (belʹjó) — clothes washed at a time
  • Walloon: bouwêye — clothes washed at a time
  • Walloon: machinêye — clothes washed at a time
  • Finnish: laveeraus — painting
  • German: Lavierung — painting
  • Māori: peita waimeha — painting
  • Polish: lawowanie — painting
  • Swedish: lavering — painting
  • Bulgarian: прибо́й (pribój) — sound of breaking seas
  • Finnish: (aaltojen) kohina — sound of breaking seas
  • Russian: прибо́й (pribój) — sound of breaking seas
  • Bulgarian: килватер (kilvater) — wake of a ship
  • Finnish: vanavesi — wake of a ship
  • Finnish: peräaalto — wake of a ship
  • Māori: kōriporipo — wake of a ship
  • Russian: попу́тная струя́ (popútnaja strujá) — wake of a ship
  • Russian: кильва́тер (kilʹváter) — wake of a ship
  • Finnish: jättöpyörre — turbulence left by airplane
  • Māori: kōriporipo — turbulence left by airplane
  • Finnish: -vesi — lotion
  • Finnish: -huuhde — lotion
  • Finnish: -saippua — lotion
  • Russian: лосьо́н (losʹón) — lotion
  • Russian: полоска́ние (poloskánije) — lotion
  • Spanish: enjuague — lotion
  • Bulgarian: нанос (nanos) — ground washed away to the sea or a river
  • Finnish: huuhtouma — ground washed away to the sea or a river
  • Finnish: särkkä — piece of ground washed by the action of water
  • Bulgarian: локва (lokva) — shallow body of water
  • Finnish: matalikko — shallow body of water
  • Russian: мелково́дье (melkovódʹje) — shallow body of water
  • Bulgarian: сухо корито (suho korito) — normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream
  • Finnish: jokiuoma — normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream
  • Finnish: wadi — normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream
  • French: oeud — normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream
  • Panamint: hunuppin — normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream
  • Panamint: okkwaitaippüh — normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream
  • Finnish: tasapeli — situation in which losses and gains are equivalent
  • Finnish: rankki — distilling: fermented wort
  • Irish: anallas — distilling: fermented wort
  • Finnish: mäski — mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings
  • Finnish: metallointi — thin coat of metal laid on anything
  • Bulgarian: перо (pero) — nautical: blade of an oar
  • Finnish: lape — nautical: blade of an oar
  • Finnish: kouru — architecture: structure shaped so as to receive and carry off water
  • Afrikaans: was — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Aklanon: eaba — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Albanian: lan — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Aleut: ĝula — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Arabic: غَسَلَ (ḡasala) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Aramaic: ܣܚܐ (syc) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Armenian: լվալ (lval) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Armenian: լվանալ (lvanal) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Aromanian: spel (roa-rup) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Aromanian: aspel (roa-rup) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Aromanian: lau (roa-rup) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Assamese: ধোৱা (dhüa) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Asturian: llavar — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Azerbaijani: yumaq — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Bashkir: йыуыу (yıwıw) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Basque: garbitu — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Basque: ikuzi — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Belarusian: мыць (mycʹ) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Belarusian: памы́ць (pamýcʹ) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Belarusian: праць (pracʹ) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Bengali: ধোয়া (dhōẇa) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Bengali: ধোওয়া (dhōōẇa) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Bhojpuri: धोवल (dhōval) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Central Bikol: hugas — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Breton: gwalc'hiñ — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Bulgarian: ми́я (míja) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Bulgarian: изми́вам (izmívam) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Bulgarian: изми́я (izmíja) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Burmese: ဆေး (hce:) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Buryat: угааха (bxr) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Catalan: rentar — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Catalan: llavar — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Cebuano: laba — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Cebuano: hugas — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Cherokee: ᏕᎬᎩᎶᎠ (degvgiloa) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Chinese Cantonese: 洗 (sai2) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洗 (xǐ) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洗滌 /洗涤 (xǐdí) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沖洗 /冲洗 (chōngxǐ) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Choctaw: achefa — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Chuvash: ҫу (śu) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Ngazidja Comorian: uyela — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Cornish: golhi — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Crimean Tatar: yuvmaq — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Crimean Tatar: cuvmaq — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Czech: mýt — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Czech: prát — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Danish: vaske — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Dolgan: һууй (huuy) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Dutch: wassen — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Dutch: spoelen — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Dutch: afspoelen — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Egyptian: i-a:N35B (jꜥj) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Elfdalian: rįesa — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Esperanto: lavi — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Estonian: pesema — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Even: авдай (awdaj) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Even: хилкадай (hilkadaj) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Evenki: авми (awmi) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Evenki: силкими (silkimi) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Faroese: vaska — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Finnish: pestä — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Finnish: tiskata — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Finnish: pyykätä — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • French: laver — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • West-Frisian: waskje — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Friulian: lavâ — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Galician: lavar — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Georgian: რეცხვა (recxva) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Georgian: გარეცხვა (garecxva) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Georgian: ბანვა (banva) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • German: waschen — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • German: spülen — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Old High German: dwahan — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þwahan) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Greek: πλένω (pléno) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Ancient Greek: πλύνω (plúnō) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Ancient Greek: νίπτω (níptō) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Ancient Greek: λούω (loúō) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Paraguayan Guarani: johéi — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Haitian Creole: lave — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Hawaiian: holoi — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Hebrew: רָחַץ (rakháts) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Hebrew: שָׁטַף (shatáf) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Hindi: धोना (dhonā) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Hungarian: mos — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Hungarian: kimos — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Icelandic: þvo — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Ido: lavar — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Indonesian: mencuci — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Ingrian: pessä — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Ingrian: pursuttaa — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Irish: nigh — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Old Irish: nigid — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Old Irish: ind·aim — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Isnag: uxat — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Italian: lavare — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Japanese: 洗う (arau) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Javanese: ngumbah — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Javanese: raup — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Javanese: wisuh — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Old Javanese: kumbah — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Kabyle: ssired — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Kalmyk: уһах (uğax) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Kashmiri: چھَلُن (chalun) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Kashubian: mëc — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Kazakh: жуу (juu) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Khakas: чуурға (çuurğa) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Khmer: លាង (liəng) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Kituba: sukula — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Kongo: sukula — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Korean: 씻다 (ssitda) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Central Kurdish: شوشتن (şuştin) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Northern Kurdish: şûştin — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Kyrgyz: жуу (juu) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Lao: ລ້າງ (lāng) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Lao: ຊັກ (sak) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Lao: ສ່ວຍ (suāi) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Latin: lavō — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Latin: luo — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Latvian: mazgāt — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Limburgish: wasje — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Limburgish: wesje — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Limburgish: speule — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Limburgish: aafspeule — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Lingala: sukola — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Lithuanian: pláuti — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Lithuanian: mazgoti — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Lithuanian: praũsti — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Lombard: lavà — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Low German: waschen — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Luxembourgish: wäschen — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Macedonian: мие (mie) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Maguindanao: ugas — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Malay: mencuci — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Maltese: ħasel — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Manchu: ᠣᠪᠣᠮᠪᡳ (obombi) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Māori: horoi — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Mauritian Creole: lave — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Middle English: wasshen — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Mongolian: угаалга (ugaalga) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Classical Nahuatl: pāca — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Nanai: силко- (silko-) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Norman: laver — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Norwegian: tvette — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Norwegian: vaske — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Occitan: lavar — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Church Slavic: мꙑти (myti) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Old East Slavic: мꙑти (myti) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Old English: þwēan — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Old English: wascan — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Old Norse: þvá — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Old Norse: þvætta — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Oromo: miiccuu — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Ossetian: ӕхсын (æxsyn) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Papiamentu: laba — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Pashto: ولل (wlᶕl) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Pashto: اندرېيل (andreyál) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Persian: شستن (šostan) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Piedmontese: lavé — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Polish: myć — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Polish: umyć — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Polish: prać — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Polish: wyprać — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Portuguese: lavar — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Quechua: mayllay — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Quechua: t'aqsay — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Rohingya: dúo — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Romagnol: lavêr (eml) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Romani: thovel — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Romanian: spăla — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Romansh: lavar — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Romansh: laver — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Russian: мыть (mytʹ) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Russian: помы́ть (pomýtʹ) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Russian: вы́мыть (výmytʹ) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Russian: стира́ть (stirátʹ) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Russian: постира́ть (postirátʹ) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Samoan: fulu — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Sango: sukula — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Sanskrit: क्षिपति (kṣipati) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Sardinian: samunài — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Sardinian: samunàe — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Sardinian: samunàre — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Sardinian: sciacuai — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Sardinian: labare — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Scottish Gaelic: nigh — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Serbo-Croatian: ми̏ти — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Serbo-Croatian: пра̏ти (clothes) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Serbo-Croatian: mȉti — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȁti — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Sicilian: lavari — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Slovak: myť — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Slovak: prať — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Slovene: miti — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Slovene: prati — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Lower Sorbian: myś — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Spanish: lavar — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Sundanese: kumbah — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Swahili: -osha — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Swahili: -fua — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Swahili: -nawa — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Swedish: tvätta — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Swedish: tvaga — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Swedish: två — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Swedish: vaska — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Sylheti: ꠗꠃꠣ (dóua) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Tagalog: maghugas — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Tagalog: hugasan — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Tajik: шустан (šustan) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Talysh: şışte — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Tamil: கழுவு (kaḻuvu) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Tamil: அலம்பு (alampu) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Tamil: துவை (tuvai) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Tat: şuştən — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Tatar: юарга (yuwarğa) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Tausug: hugas — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Tày: áp — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Telugu: కడుగు hands (kaḍugu) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Telugu: dishes — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Telugu: etc. — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Telugu: ఉతుకు clothes (utuku) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Tetum: fase — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Thai: ล้าง (láang) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Thai: ซัก (sák) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Tibetan: བཀྲུ་བ (bkru ba) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Tongan: kaukau — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Turkish: yıkamak — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Turkish: yumak — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Ottoman Turkish: ییقامق (yıkamak) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Ottoman Turkish: یومق (yumak) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Turkmen: ýuwmak — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Tuvan: чуур (çuur) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎈𐎕 (rḥṣ) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Ukrainian: ми́ти (mýty) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Ukrainian: пра́ти (práty) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Urdu: دھونا (dhonā) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Uyghur: ياقىماق (yaqimaq) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Uyghur: يۇماق (yumaq) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Uyghur: يۇماق (yumaq) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Uyghur: يۇيماق (yuymaq) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Uyghur: жумақ (zhumaq) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Uyghur: жуймақ (zhuymaq) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Uzbek: yuvmoq — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Uzbek: yuvinmoq — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Vietnamese: rửa — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Vietnamese: giặt — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Volapük: lavön — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Võro: mõskma (fiu-vro) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Walloon: laver — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Walloon: rinetyî — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Walloon: rilaver — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Welsh: golchi — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Yiddish: וואַשן (vashn) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Zazaki: suwen (diq) — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Zealandic: wasse — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Zhuang: saeg — to clean with water — see also deterge
  • Bulgarian: промивам (promivam) — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Chinese Cantonese: 沖走 /冲走 (cung1 zau2) — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沖走 /冲走 (chōngzǒu) — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Dutch: wegspoelen — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Finnish: huuhtoa — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • German: wegspülen — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Hungarian: elmos — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Ingrian: huuhtoa — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Russian: смыва́ть (smyvátʹ) — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Russian: смыть (smytʹ) — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Serbo-Croatian: спрати — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Serbo-Croatian: спирати — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Serbo-Croatian: испирати — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Serbo-Croatian: sprati — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Serbo-Croatian: spirati — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Serbo-Croatian: ispirati — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Spanish: arrastrar — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Swedish: skölja — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Swedish: spola — to move or erode by the force of water in motion
  • Bulgarian: обогатявам (obogatjavam) — mining: to separate valuable material
  • Finnish: huuhtoa — mining: to separate valuable material
  • Russian: промыва́ть (promyvátʹ) — mining: to separate valuable material
  • Russian: промы́ть (promýtʹ) — mining: to separate valuable material
  • Serbo-Croatian: испрати — mining: to separate valuable material
  • Serbo-Croatian: спирати — mining: to separate valuable material
  • Serbo-Croatian: isprati — mining: to separate valuable material
  • Serbo-Croatian: spirati — mining: to separate valuable material
  • Spanish: lavar — mining: to separate valuable material
  • Swedish: vaska — mining: to separate valuable material
  • Armenian: լվացվել (lvacʻvel) — to clean oneself
  • Belarusian: мы́цца (mýcca) — to clean oneself
  • Belarusian: памы́цца (pamýcca) — to clean oneself
  • Bulgarian: ми́я се (míja se) — to clean oneself
  • Maore Comorian: uhoa — to clean oneself
  • Ngazidja Comorian: uyela — to clean oneself
  • Finnish: peseytyä — to clean oneself
  • French: se laver — to clean oneself
  • French: faire sa toilette — to clean oneself
  • Georgian: ბანაობა (banaoba) — to clean oneself
  • German: sich waschen — to clean oneself
  • Greek: πλένομαι (plénomai) — to clean oneself
  • Ancient Greek: νίπτω (níptō) — to clean oneself
  • Ancient Greek: λούω (loúō) — to clean oneself
  • Hungarian: mosakszik — to clean oneself
  • Hungarian: megmosakszik — to clean oneself
  • Irish: nigh — to clean oneself
  • Italian: lavarsi — to clean oneself
  • Japanese: 洗面する (senmen suru) — to clean oneself
  • Khmer: ដុសលាង (doh liəng) — to clean oneself
  • Central Kurdish: خۆ شوشتن (xo şuştin) — to clean oneself
  • Middle English: wasshen — to clean oneself
  • Persian: خودشویی (xodšôyi) — to clean oneself
  • Polish: myć się — to clean oneself
  • Polish: umyć się — to clean oneself
  • Portuguese: lavar-se — to clean oneself
  • Quechua: mayllakuy — to clean oneself
  • Russian: мы́ться (mýtʹsja) — to clean oneself
  • Russian: помы́ться (pomýtʹsja) — to clean oneself
  • Russian: вы́мыться (výmytʹsja) — to clean oneself
  • Russian: умыва́ться (umyvátʹsja) — to clean oneself
  • Russian: умы́ться (umýtʹsja) — to clean oneself
  • Serbo-Croatian: опрати — to clean oneself
  • Serbo-Croatian: oprati — to clean oneself
  • Lower Sorbian: myś se — to clean oneself
  • Spanish: lavarse — to clean oneself
  • Swahili: -oga — to clean oneself
  • Telugu: కడుక్కొను (kaḍukkonu) — to clean oneself
  • Tibetan: ཁྲུ་བ (khru ba) — to clean oneself
  • Tibetan: འཁྲུ་བ ('khru ba) — to clean oneself
  • Tooro: -naaba — to clean oneself
  • Tooro: -oga — to clean oneself
  • Tuvan: чунар (çunar) — to clean oneself
  • Tuvan: чугдунар (çugdunar) — to clean oneself
  • Ukrainian: ми́тися (mýtysja) — to clean oneself
  • Yakut: суун (suun) — to clean oneself
  • Bulgarian: мокря (mokrja) — to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten
  • Finnish: huuhtoa — to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten
  • Finnish: kastella — to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten
  • Finnish: kostuttaa — to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten
  • Greek: βρέχω (vrécho) — to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten
  • Zazaki: hi (diq) — to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten
  • Bulgarian: отмивам се (otmivam se) — to be eroded or carried away
  • Finnish: huuhtoutua — to be eroded or carried away
  • Persian: فرسودن (farsôdan) — to be eroded or carried away
  • Russian: размыва́ться (razmyvátʹsja) — to be eroded or carried away
  • Russian: размы́ться (razmýtʹsja) — to be eroded or carried away
  • Serbo-Croatian: спрати — to be eroded or carried away
  • Serbo-Croatian: sprati — to be eroded or carried away
  • Swedish: skölja — to be eroded or carried away
  • Swedish: spola — to be eroded or carried away
  • Bulgarian: сигурен съм (siguren sǎm) — to be convincing
  • Bulgarian: убедителен съм (ubeditelen sǎm) — to be convincing
  • Finnish: vakuuttaa — to be convincing
  • Bulgarian: пера се (pera se) — to bear washing without injury
  • Finnish: kestää pesua — to bear washing without injury
  • Finnish: kestää pesun — to bear washing without injury
  • Finnish: sävyttää — to tint lightly and thinly
  • Finnish: silata — to overlay with a thin coat of metal
  • Ottoman Turkish: یالدزلامق (yaldızlamak) — to overlay with a thin coat of metal
  • Ottoman Turkish: آلتونلمق (altınlamak) — to overlay with a thin coat of metal