Wash

Wash or the Wash may refer to:

Industry and sanitation

 * WASH or WaSH, "water, sanitation and hygiene", three related public health issues
 * Wash (distilling), the liquid produced by the fermentation step in the production of distilled beverages
 * Lime wash or whitewash, a low-cost industrial paint

Places

 * The Wash, the square-mouthed estuary on the northwest margin of East Anglia in England
 * Wash, Derbyshire, a hamlet in Derbyshire, England
 * Wash Creek, a stream in North Carolina
 * Blanchard Park, Pomona College, California, commonly known as the Wash
 * Clio, California, formerly known as Wash

People

 * Wash (pharaoh), an ancient Egyptian predynastic ruler
 * Wash (singer), an American singer
 * Wash Hendry (1838–1914), also known as George W. Hendry, American Florida early settler
 * Martha Wash (born 1953), American singer-songwriter and actress
 * Todd Wash (born 1968), American football coach

Art, entertainment, and media

 * WASH (FM), a radio station serving the Washington, D.C. area
 * Wash (visual arts), a technique of applying a semi-transparent layer of color

Film and television

 * The Wash (1988 film), film by Philip Kan Gotanda, based on his play The Wash (1985)
 * The Wash (2001 film), a hip-hop styled film
 * Wash, a 2024 Japanese film starring Naoko Ken
 * Wash (Firefly), a character on Firefly
 * "Wash" (Prison Break episode), an episode of Prison Break

Music

 * "Wash" (song), by Pearl Jam, 2003
 * "The Wash" (song), by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, 2002
 * "Wash.", a song by Bon Iver from Bon Iver, 2011
 * "Wash", a song by Lifehouse from Stanley Climbfall, 2002

Topography

 * Wash, an area of washland intended to be flooded when river levels are high
 * Arroyo (watercourse) or wash, a dry creek bed or gulch that temporarily fills with water after a heavy rain