washed
Because it is a word with a single syllable, washed is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofwashed
- To clean with water.
Example: "Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans."
- To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
Example: "Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment."
- To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
- To clean oneself with water.
Example: "I wash every morning after getting up."
- To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
Example: "Waves wash the shore."
- To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
Example: "to hear the water washing"
- To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
- To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
- To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
Example: "Some calicoes do not wash."
- To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
- To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
- To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
Example: "steel washed with silver"
- To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
- To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
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