wash

wash is on the Basic English 850 List.

warm - wash - waste

wash is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

warm - wash - waste

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /wɒʃ/, SAMPA: /wQS/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /wɑʃ/, SAMPA: /wAS/

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Verb

Plain form wash

Third-person singular washes

Past tense washed

Past participle washed

Present participle washing

1. (transitive & intransitive) When you wash something, you clean it with water.

   I wash my car every day.

Synonyms

• clean
• bathe

Related words

• dishwasher
• washer
• washing
• washrag
• washroom
• whitewash

Noun

Singular wash

Plural washes

1. The act of washing.

   He gave the dog a wash.

2. 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.

3. A failure.

   The program was a complete wash.

   His project is a wash.

4. (idiomatic) 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.

Synonyms

• (act of washing) bath
• (items being washed) laundry, dirty clothes (before washing)