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wash English

Meaning wash meaning

What does wash mean?
Definitions in simple English

wash Verb

— When you wash something, you clean it with water. I wash my car every day.

wash Noun

— The act of washing. He gave the dog a wash. — 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. — A failure. The program was a complete wash. His project is a wash. — 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.

wash

— verb clean with some chemical process — verb cleanse (one's body) with soap and water — verb cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water Wash the towels, please! — noun a thin coat of water-base paint — noun the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) — noun the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) — verb move by or as if by water The swollen river washed away the footbridge — verb separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals) — verb apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to — verb (= wash out, wash away) remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent he washed the dirt from his coat The nurse washed away the blood Can you wash away the spots on the windows? he managed to wash out the stains — verb admit to testing or proof This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court — verb be capable of being washed Does this material wash? — verb to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking The cat washes several times a day — verb form by erosion The river washed a ravine into the mountainside — noun any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash — noun a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other — noun (= laundry) garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering — verb (= moisten) make moist The dew moistened the meadows — noun (= washout) the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway) from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water — verb (= lave) wash or flow against the waves laved the shore — noun (= slipstream) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

Synonyms wash synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as wash?

wash English » English

clean bathe cleanse rinse washing laundry scrub lave launder purify take a bath scour rub bath wash up wash oneself wash off dampen cleansing wipe water washout shower shampoo rinse off moisten brush whiten wet washables wash out wash drawing wash away swab surge slipstream shoal rinsing race lotion leach lavation laundering dry wash clear bleach bank backwash airstream watercolour

Topics wash topics

What do people use wash to talk about?
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Wave
Daily life Cleaning

Wash clothes
Universe, creation Water Bodies of water

River
Person Life

Birth
Person Life Die

Bury
Social behavior Religion Practice religion

Religious purification
Daily life

Cleaning

  • What general words refer to using water to remove dirt?
    wash
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Flow
Person Body functions

Sweat
Daily life Cleaning

Bathe
Daily life Cleaning

Wash dishes
Work and occupation Animal husbandry Domesticated animal

Cat
Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Room
States Quality Light Color

Change color

  • What words refer to dye being washed out of cloth?
    wash out run

Conjugation wash conjugation

How do you conjugate wash?

wash · verb

Examples wash examples

How do I use wash in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Paula is going to wash the car tomorrow.
How often do you wash your car a month?
I helped her wash dishes.
You should always wash your hands before meals.
Wash your hands with soap.
I got her to wash dishes.
She used to wash her hair before going to school.
They wash their hands with soap.
While doing the wash she found a condom in the back pocket of her son's pants.
If you throw your jeans in the washing machine, I'll wash them for you.
Tom told Mary to wash her face.
I always wash my face with soap and water.
Wash before first wearing.
Cut, wash and dry, please.
All you have to do is wash the dishes.
You may as well wash your shirt.
Your explanation won't wash; it's too improbable to be true.
Wash your face.
Go downstairs and have a wash.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
May I wash all my laundry at once?
Mike doesn't have to wash his mother's car today.
You wash the dishes, Ben.
The man's statement to the pretty girl that he was a millionaire was all eye-wash.
Do you wash your hands before meals?
All you have to do is wash the dish.
He told me to wash my face.
Wash up.
Wash your face before you go to school.

Movie subtitles

At least, I need to wash my face.
Elsalill saw that they were in a room where the proprietress of the tavern had her maid stationed to wash dishes and tankards.
Her sister seemed to beckon her to help wash.
You can wash them off with brine!
You use drinking water to wash your hands?
Albert. - we might as well wash up anyway.
I'll go to the dentist twice a year, I'll wash behind my ears for you.
I'll wash dishes, clean up, anything.
You going to wash my dishes?
Daddy said I didn't have to wash tonight.
Do you wash yourself now?
Why Don't We Agree To Find The Will, Read It,Shake Hands, Wash Our Hands And Go On With Our Lives?
I WASH MY HANDS OF THE WHOLE BUSINESS.
YOU CAN WASH YOUR NECK TOO.
Wash his eyes everyday or he'll become blind.
Always wash children's hands and faces.
Elsalill saw that they were in a room where the proprietress of the tavern had her maid stationed to wash dishes and tankards. Her sister seemed to beckon her to help wash.
Wash them out with brine.
Would you wash a pair of socks for me?
We'll wash him first.
Is it true you wash your hair in clam broth?
I'll wash behind my ears for you.
Be careful the rain doesn't wash the rouge off your mouth!
Can I have a wash, please?
It was just a wash.
Wash up first.
I never even wash my hands.
Are you supposed to wash kale before you put it in a smoothie?
You use drinking water to wash your hands?.
It's all a wash-out, If you ask me!
Yes, now get in there and wash your face.
Gee, I'll cook for you and wash for you and everything.
Oh, that should be convenient to do the wash.
Don't call the police. I'll wash dishes, clean up, anything.

News and current affairs

China's rulers rarely wash their dirty linen in public.
The thinking, mostly implicit, is that maximizing TSR by polluting the environment is acceptable as long as some compensating contributions are made to CSR initiatives - the corporate equivalent of bathing in the Ganges to wash away one's sins.
In the 1990's, Nike tried to wash its hands of responsibility for the use of child labor and other unconscionable labor practices in the factories that produced its sneakers.
But fate might also just as suddenly wash him away.
Floods, meanwhile, wash sewage and fertilizer into water supplies, triggering expansive blooms of harmful algae that are either directly toxic to humans, or contaminate the fish and shellfish that humans consume.
By equating the murderer and the victim, we wash our hands.
They are placing their faith in their ability to wash their own dirty laundry and drive economic, social, and political change from the top down.
But, compared to the aftermath of the catastrophic Kobe earthquake of 1995, when the authorities appeared to wash their hands of the victims' miseries, the difference could hardly be greater.
Officials shouldn't urge people to wash their hands where clean water isn't available.
Americans borrowed and shopped until they were blue in the face, thinking that an ever-rising housing price market would wash away all financial sins.
Anecdotes about Francis - from his propensity for making personal phone calls to those in distress to his decision to wash the feet of criminals, Muslims, and women (to the horror of some churchmen) - ring true.
Wrestlers wash their faces, mouths, and armpits before entering the dohyo (ring), on whose sacred sand neither shoes nor women may tread.

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