WASHING (OVER) Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

washing (over)

verb

Definition of washing (over)

present participle of wash (over)

as in running over

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

receding

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Verb

As the boy backs away, the family's husky mix, Bella, is seen running over from across the yard and chasing the bear away, circling behind the animal and placing itself in between the bear and the boy.

— Mason Leib, ABC News, 7 July 2026
Rather than running over the holiday weekend, the local group opted to celebrate on Wednesday evening at Hagan Community Park.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026

Definition of running over

Verb

The gripper works because loose coffee grounds behave much like a fluid, flowing around an object and filling gaps.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
With in-store transactions flowing directly to the API, campaign reporting becomes more accurate and AI from Meta can optimize ads based on cross-channel revenue, Lightspeed said.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 27 July 2026

Definition of flowing

Verb

This includes a walk-in shower, with a flushing toilet and a vanity sink, plus a small laundry nook with shelving, a washer/dryer, and a pull-out cart for clothes storage.

— Adam Williams July 22, New Atlas, 22 July 2026
The boom is lifting the value of farmland, driving up the cost of construction employment, and flushing huge sums to water and electrical utilities.

— Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Definition of flushing

Verb

In one image, a young sitter with the Arabic word for ‘justice’ painted on her cheek gazes sensuously into the camera, while flooding the frame with wafts of smoke.

— Michael-Oliver Harding, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
The break left a giant sinkhole on Sunset Boulevard and sent about 17 million gallons of water into surrounding neighborhoods, shuttering businesses, and flooding homes and underground parking.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of flooding

Verb

Following a one-day premiere at the Cine Tonalá in Mexico City, the short film is now streaming on YouTube.

— Lucas Villa, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2026
What Gu-cheon Required Of Him In The East Palace, currently streaming on Netflix, Nam plays Gu-cheon, a man who can traverse the realm of spirits but whose gift is more of a debilitating condition than a superpower.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of streaming

Verb

Speaking to Variety in 2024 about writing and directing the remake of the 1986 movie Witchboard, Russell spoke about what mattered to him telling the story decades after the original film, while also gushing about his love of filmmaking.

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026
Waterhouse sat down for a rare interview with British Vogue and could not stop gushing about her man.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 18 July 2026

Definition of gushing

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washing out

washing (over)

wash one's hands of

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