WASHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does washed mean? 

• WASHED (adjective)
  The adjective WASHED has 2 senses:

1. clean by virtue of having been washed in water

2. wet as from washing; sometimes used in combination

  Familiarity information: WASHED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WASHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clean by virtue of having been washed in water

Synonyms:

washed; water-washed

Similar:

clean (free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wet as from washing; sometimes used in combination

Context example:

rain-washed

Similar:

wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)

 Context examples 

Then the huntsman washed his face and went into the court that they might know him.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

What would she think if she learned that he had never washed his teeth in all the days of his life?

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

As he journeyed he bit into a crust which remained from his Beaulieu bread, and he washed it down by a draught from a woodland stream.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She had the doctor trait which some dogs possess; and as a mother cat washes her kittens, so she washed and cleansed Buck’s wounds.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I went back to the inn; and when I had washed and dressed, and tried to sleep, but in vain, it was five o'clock in the afternoon.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

These offer limited compatibility with the skin in many circumstances, are damaged when washed and are uncomfortable to wear because they are not breathable.

(Washable, wearable battery-like devices could be woven directly into clothes, University of Cambridge)

The stones are big and roughly cut, and the mortar has by process of time been washed away between them.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

These I changed every second day, and washed them myself.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I had them washed out, and I only mentioned the matter to my wife afterwards.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Diamonds and rubies are gone, spread out on the deck to be washed away by a bucket of sea-water, and he does not even know that the diamonds and rubies are gone.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)