Lave Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "WASH" which means:

noun
• • A thin coat of water-base paint
• • The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
• • The dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
• • The erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
• • The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
• • A watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
• • Garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
• • Any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
verb
• • Clean with some chemical process
• • Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
• • Cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
• • Move by or as if by water
• • Be capable of being washed
• • Admit to testing or proof
• • Separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
• • Apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
• • Remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
• • Form by erosion
• • Make moist
• • Wash or flow against
• • Wash by removing particles
• • To cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

An example sentence would be:

• • "She hung the wash out to dry on the clothesline."
• • "His colorful wash of watercolors caught everyone's attention."

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