Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wash \Wash\ (w[o^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Washed} (w[o^]sht);
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Washing}.] [OE. waschen, AS. wascan; akin to
   D. wasschen, G. waschen, OHG. wascan, Icel. & Sw. vaska, Dan.
   vaske, and perhaps to E. water. [root]150.]
   1. To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to
      apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of
      cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water;
      as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash
      sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the
      bark of trees.

            When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, . . .
            he took water and washed his hands before the
            multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of
            this just person.                     --Matt. xxvii.
                                                  24.

   2. To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and
      moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves
      wash the shore.

            Fresh-blown roses washed with dew.    --Milton.

            [The landscape] washed with a cold, gray mist.
                                                  --Longfellow.

   3. To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as,
      heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.

Washed \Washed\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
   Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different
   color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects.

Source : WordNet®

washed
     adj 1: clean by virtue of having been washed in water [syn: {water-washed}]
     2: wet as from washing; sometimes used in combination;
        "rain-washed"