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Definition: Meaning of, wash in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / wɒʃ /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
wash washed washed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
washing washes
  1. wash something [transitive] to clean something using water and a type of soap
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  2. wash yourself [intransitive and transitive] to clean your body with soap and water
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  3. flow [intransitive,transitive always + adverb/preposition] if a river, sea etc washes somewhere, or if something carried by the river or sea is washed somewhere, it flows or moves there
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  4. something doesn't/won't wash (with somebody) spoken used to say that you do not believe or accept someone's explanation, reason, attitude etc
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  5. wash your hands of something to refuse to be responsible for something any more
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  6. wash your mouth out! spoken old-fashioned used to tell someone who has just sworn or said something rude that they should not have spoken that way
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  7. wash well to be easy to clean using soap and water
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wash washes
  1. act of cleaning [countable usually singular] an act of cleaning something using soap and water
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  2. clothes [singular, uncountable] clothes that are to be washed, are being washed, or have just been washed
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  3. skin [countable] a liquid used to clean your skin
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  4. boat the wash the movement of water caused by a passing boat
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  5. colour [countable] a very thin transparent layer of paint or colour
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  6. area of land the wash the area of land that is sometimes covered by the sea
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  7. it will all come out in the wash spoken used to tell someone not to worry about a problem because it will be solved in the future
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  8. it will all come out in the wash spoken used to say that the truth about something will be known in the end
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Wash


Definition: Meaning of, Wash in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / wɒʃ /

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  1. the Wash a wide BAY (= an area of sea that curves inwards towards the land) on the east coast of England between Norfolk and Lincolnshire
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Wash used in phrases

  • Wash.
    1. a written abbreviation of Washington
  • acid-wash (verb)
    1. wash with acid so as to achieve a bleached look
  • car wash (noun)
    1. a place where there is special equipment for washing cars
  • color wash (noun)
    1. a wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a colored pigment
  • colour wash (noun)
    1. a wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a coloured pigment
  • dry wash (noun)
    1. as at the bottom of a canyon the dry bed of an intermittent stream
  • flat wash (noun)
    1. ironing that can be done mechanically
  • machine-wash (verb)
    1. wash by machine
  • pressure-wash (verb)
    1. wash before painting to remove old paint and mildew
  • rain-wash (noun)
    1. the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain
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Wash used in phrasal verbs

  • wash away (phrasal verb)
    1. if something such as rain or a river washes something away, it carries it away
  • wash down (phrasal verb)
    1. to drink something after putting food or medicine in your mouth, especially so that you can swallow more easily
    2. to wash the whole surface of something
  • wash off (phrasal verb)
    1. if you wash dirt off something, or if dirt washes off, you remove it by washing
  • wash out (phrasal verb)
    1. [transitive] to wash something quickly, especially the inside of a container
    2. [intransitive] if a substance washes out of cloth, it can be removed by washing
  • wash up (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] British English to wash plates, cups, spoons etc after a meal
    2. [intransitive/transitive] if the sea washes something up somewhere, it carries it and leaves it there
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