Word Study
washed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective washed has 2 senses
- washed(s = adj.all) water-washed - clean by virtue of having been washed in water; Array
- washed(s = adj.all) Array - wet as from washing; sometimes used in combination; "rain-washed"
CIDE DICTIONARY
washed, a.
Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects. [1913 Webster]
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