Rain
Rain verb - To fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds.
Wash
Wash verb - To flow along or against.
How words are described
| good | good rain | good wash |
| artificial | artificial rain | artificial wash |
| free | free rain | free wash |
| green | green rain | green wash |
| Other adjectives: simple, actual, real, intense, dark, young, hot, yellow, titular, strange, different, said. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Characteristically, the two ethnic groups on Cyprus had opposite views of this - the Greeks called the rain the tears of heaven, while the Turks claimed that rain attends the burial of a sinner to wash away his sins.
Source: It Always Rains at Funerals -
When Arya Stark commits her first cold-blooded killing (cutting the throat of a sentry), she sees the blood on her hands and casually notes that the rain will wash it off.
Source: These Hands Have Killed - This meant that you never needed to wash a Trabi because the rain could do it just fine.
Source: The Alleged Car / Real Life
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