lant, valiant, cavalier; a man, a real man, brave man, man of courage or mettle.
3. struggler, battler, fighter; die-hard, trouper, warship, n. man-of-war, war vessel, ship of war; ship of the line, line-of-battle ship, corvette; battleship, Inf. battlewagon, cruiser, dreadnought; destroyer; gunboat; P.T. boat; aircraft carrier, carrier, U.S. Navy SI. flattop; submarine, submersible, U-boat, wary, adj. 1. chary, careful, cautious, circumspect, prudent, mindful, heedful; guarded, on one's guard; leery, apprehensive, distrustful, suspicious, Inf. cagey.
2. vigilant, watchful, Archaic, ware, on the watch, on the lookout; attentive, observant, sharp-eyed, hawkeyed, eagle-eyed, Argus-eyed, all eyes and ears; alert, on the alert, on the qui vive, on one's toes, Inf. heads-up, awake, wide-awake, sleepless, unsleeping, unnod-ding, Inf. with one's eyes peeled, wash, v. 1. clean, clean up, bathe, Brit. Inf. tub, lave, cleanse, wash up, scrub up, Chiefly Scot. dight; deterge, launder, do the laundry; shampoo, lather, soap; scrub, brush, swab, mop; soak, shower, douse, rinse, flush, sponge, douche; absterge, scour, wipe.
2. cleanse, chasten; baptize, christen, sprinkle, besprinkle, asperse, anoint; immerse, submerge, dunk, Archaic, dip.
3. moisten, dampen, dew, bedew, humidify, mist; wet, irrigate, soak, imbue, drench, saturate.
4. splash, swash, dash, break against, beat against, thrash against; roll, lap, undulate, surge, swell, wave, ripple; rush, flow, run, sweep; wear, rub, polish, smooth, level, flatten; consume, deteriorate, waste, abrade, erode, wash away; channel, cut through, groove, cleave, excavate, penetrate.
5. carry, move, drive, convey, transport; deliver, bring, propel, throw, deposit.
6. purify, depurate, purge, expurgate, defecate, mundify, lustrate; elutriate, decant, filter, strain, sieve, sift, Chem. edulcorate.
7. {all with color) coat, film, glaze, gloss, suffuse, overspread, overlay.
8. hold up, Inf. hold water, carry weight, stand up, stand or bear the test.
-n. 9. cleaning, bath, bathing, Both Brit. Inf. tub, tubbing; lavage, lavation, cleansing, ablution, wash up, washing; deterging, laundering, shampoo, shampooing, lather, lathering, soaping; scrub, scrubbing, brushing, swabbing, mopping; shower, showering, douse, dousing, rinse, rinsing, flush, flushing; sponge bath, sponging, douche, douching, dip, dipping; abstersion, absterging, scour, scouring, wipe, wiping.
10. laundry, washing, dirty clothes or linen, SI. socks and jocks.
11. flow, flowing, sweep, sweeping, running; splash, splashing, dashing, beat, beating, thrashing; sea, roll, rolling, lapping, undulation, undulating, surf, breaker, breaking, surgement, surging, swell, swelling, wave, waving, ripple, rippling, wake.
12. rinse, lotion, cold cream, cosmetic, toiletry, cologne, toilet water; emulsion, application, preparation, embrocation, liniment, salve, Med. emollient; tint, tinge, dye.
13. antiseptic, disinfectant, Med. irrigator, medicine, medicament, remedy; purgative, cathartic.
14. erosion, wearing away, washout, landslide.
15. marsh, fen, bog, swamp, slough, morass, mire, quagmire, Brit. Dial. sump.
16. stream, streamlet, brook, rill, rivulet, runnel, creek, run, channel; pool, pond, inlet, estuary, backwater, tidewater; gully, ditch, gutter, ravine.
17. layer, coat, film, glaze, floss, gelatin; suffusion, spread, overspread, overlay, screen, cover; calcimine,