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wash
Verb
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When you wash something, you clean it with water.
I wash my car every day.
wash
Noun
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The act of washing.
He gave the dog a wash.
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The items for washing, before, after, or during the washing.
He threw his dirty clothes in the wash.
She brought the wash in from the clothesline.
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A failure.
The program was a complete wash.
His project is a wash.
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With up: to be washed up is to be completely discouraged and burnt out.
The Starcraft 2 servers were down and I was all washed up.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
bye
Noun
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A bye is a position given to a player in a tournament when the match the player is supposed to play has no opposers playing against the player that gives them a free win.
bye
Interjection
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Short for goodbye; you say bye when you leave a person or people.
baby
Noun
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A baby is a very young child, less than two years old, who has not yet learned how to speak.
I used to be a baby but now I am an adult.
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A baby is a young animal.
A baby cat is called a kitten.
baby
Verb
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If you baby someone, you treat him gently and pamper him.
Mom, don't baby me - I can do it myself!