- 2. Bog, marsh, fen, quagmire, slough, morass, swamp.
- 3. Lotion.
- 4. Thin coating.
Wash away. Purify, cleanse.
Wash away. Wash off. Wash out. Remove by washing, take away by the action of water, drag off, draw off, carry off.
Washboard, n.
- 1. Skirting-board, mop-board, base-board, surbase.
- 2. (Naut.) Wasteboard.
Washerwoman, n. Laundress.
Washing, n. Ablution, lavation, bathing.
Wash one’s hands of. Exonerate one’s self from, clear one’s skirts from.
Washy, a.
- 1. Watery, damp, moist, oozy, wet, sloppy.
- 2. Weak, thin, dilute, watery.
- 3. Vapid, trashy, spiritless, pointless, feeble, poor, unmeaning, trumpery, worthless, jejune, wishy-washy
(colloq.).
Waspish, a.
- 1. Irritable, irascible, petulant, snappish, pettish, snarly, peevish, captious, testy, fretful, splenetic, touchy,
choleric.
- 2. Slender, small-waisted, slim.
Wassail, n. Carousal, revelry, revels, saturnalia, debauch, orgies, potation, compotation, convivial entertainment, jollification, drunken bout.
Waste, v. a.
- 1. Decrease, diminish, wear, corrode, use up, prey upon, wear away, consume, wear out, impair gradually,
diminish by constant loss.