Wash may refer to:
- Arroyo (creek), also called a wash, a dry creek bed or gulch that temporarily fills with water after a heavy rain
- WASH, a water, sanitation and hygiene advocacy campaign initiated by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
- WASH-FM, a Clear Channel Communications radio station
- Wash (distilling), the liquid produced by the fermentation step in the production of distilled beverages
- Wash (painting), a light covering of diluted paint on a painting
- Lime wash or whitewash, a low-cost industrial paint
- "Wash" (Prison Break episode)
- Wash, California, former name of Clio, California
- The Wash, the square-mouthed estuary on the northwest margin of East Anglia in England
- The Wash (film), a hip-hop styled film
- The Wash (1985 film), by Philip Kan Gotanda, based on his play The Wash
- "Wash" (song), a song by Pearl Jam
- "Wash.", A song by Bon Iver from the album Bon Iver, Bon Iver
- Wash (Firefly), a character on Firefly
Famous quotes containing the word wash:
“[When asked: If women voted, would they not have to sit on juries?:] Many women would be glad of a chance to sit on anything. There are women who stand up and wash six days in the week at 75 cents a day who would like to take a vacation and sit on a jury at $1.50.”
—Anna Howard Shaw (18471919)
“As I ebbd with the ocean of life,
As I wended the shores I know,
As I walkd where the ripples continually wash you Paumanok,”
—Walt Whitman (18191892)
“I have since written what no tide
Shall ever wash away, what men
Unborn shall read oer ocean wide
And find Ianthes name agen.”
—Walter Savage Landor (17751864)