gen. An act or process of washing or cleansing with water. Also figurative.

An act of sousing; a plunge into, immersion in, or drenching with, water; dialect, a wash.

colloquial. A wash. Also with off. rare.

An act of washing out a cistern, etc.; a pipe or other appliance for doing this. Also attributive.

A copious wash; a sluicing.

A pouring of water; a wash; a noise of, or as of, heavily splashing or rushing water.