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Washing
- verb - admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"
- apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
- be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?"
- clean with some chemical process
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"
- form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
- garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
- make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"
- move by or as if by water; "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"
- remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; "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"
- separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
- the work o
Wasting
- verb - a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
- any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
- become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
- cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
- get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
- run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"
- spend extravagantly;
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away;
- use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a
Wauling
- verb - make high-pitched, whiney noises
Wawling
- verb - make high-pitched, whiney noises
Waxwing
- noun - brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
Waxxing
- verb - cover with wax; "wax the car"
- go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
- increase in phase; "the moon is waxing"
Weaning
- verb - detach the affections of
- gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"
- the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal
Wearing
- verb -
- (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
- be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day"
- deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
- exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
- have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality; "He always wears a smile"
- have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
- have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way"
- last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years"
- producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"
- put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into hi
Weaving
- verb - create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton; "tissue textiles"
- creating fabric
- interlace by or as if by weaving
- sway to and fro
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
Webbing
- verb - a narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts
- a strong fabric woven in strips
- construct or form a web, as if by weaving
- something forming a web (as between the toes of birds)