WASHING (OVER) Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

washing (over)

verb

Definition of washing (over)

present participle of wash (over)

as in running over

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Relevance

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receding

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Verb

Knight is serving a 28-year prison sentence in California for running over and killing a Compton businessman outside a burger stand in January 2015.

— Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of running over

Verb

Despite threats of a blockade of the Red Sea’s Bab-al-Mandeb strait from Iran’s Houthi allies, ship traffic has been flowing at a close-to-normal clip through that waterway in recent weeks.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Elsewhere is an exercise room, an art studio, and an office suite with its own entrance, as well as a primary suite boasting a walk-in closet and a luxe bath flowing out to a serene meditation garden with a hot tub.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of flowing

Verb

Cincinnati and Charleston are included in a more serious Level 3 of 4 threat of flooding rainfall Tuesday that stretches from eastern Indiana to central West Virginia.

— Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
There is a reason why the super PACs and the billionaires are flooding Minnesota with all kinds of money.

— CBS News, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of flooding

Verb

Married at First Sight, a long-running Lifetime reality show, started streaming exclusively on Peacock in 2025.

— Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
In the three-part docuseries (now streaming on Netflix), Berlinger challenges claims that Manson’s motives behind the killings weren’t to start a race war.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 12 Aug. 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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