To wash off; cleanse

ETYM Latin elutus, p. p. of eluers to elute; e + luere to wash.
To wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography.
Wash out; purify or separate by washing.

To wash off soap or remaining dirt; SYN. rinse off.

1. To deplete of strength or vitality
2. To drain off the color in the course of laundering.
3. To lose color in the process of being washed.
4. To make useless by the force of water
5. To wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt.