wash

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UK /wɒʃ/ US /wɑʃ/

noun 6verb 5name 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

good | quick | car

VERB + WASH

have

After playing football, the children had a wash before dinner.

I need to do a wash tonight because we're running out of clean clothes.

could do with, need

My hair really needs a wash after playing football all afternoon.

PREP

in the ~

(verb.)

ADV

carefully, properly, thoroughly

gently

The nurse gently washed the baby's face with warm water and a soft cloth.

quickly

PHRASES

freshly/newly washed

The freshly washed sheets felt soft and smelled wonderful when I got into bed.

Definitions

verb

To clean with water.

The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.

Dishwashers wash dishes way more efficiently than most humans.

To carry away or erode by the force of water in motion.

Don't pour that in the drain; it will wash downstream.

Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.

To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.

To clean oneself with water.

I wash every morning after getting up.

To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.

Waves wash the shore.

fresh-blown roses washed with dew

noun

The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.

I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed.

My jacket needs a wash.

A liquid used for washing.

A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.

mouth wash

hand wash

The quantity of clothes washed at a time.

There's a lot in that wash: maybe you should split it into two piles.

A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.

noun

Acronym of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

washing
lavation

noun — garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

laundry
washing
washables

noun — the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft prop

noun — the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water

washout

verb — cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

lave

verb — wash or flow against

verb — make moist

verb — clean with some chemical process

rinse

verb — cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

launder

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

wash out

To wash the inside of something.

We must wash out the bins; they are full of maggots.

come out in the wash

Of problems or difficulties, to work out, resolve, or become understood eventually and naturally.

It may look like a huge mess now, but I expect that it will all come out in the wash as time goes on.

wash one's dirty linen in public

Synonym of air one's dirty laundry in public.

wash one's dirty laundry in public

Synonym of air one's dirty laundry in public.

wash a blackamoor white

To labour in vain, especially so as to present something as better than it really is; to whitewash.

It is not my Intention to put myself in a Perspiration concerning any of the Hieroglyphic Emblems, or Monstrosities of the Egyptians, for it is all Labour in vain, or washing a Bla

Example Bank

The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.

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Dishwashers wash dishes way more efficiently than most humans.

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This new washing powder rlly washes bedclothes superwhite.

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I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed.

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My jacket needs a wash.

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mouth wash

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