wash
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Pronunciation[change]
- (UK) IPA (key): /wɒʃ/, SAMPA: /wQS/
- (US) IPA (key): /wɑʃ/, SAMPA: /wAS/
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Verb[change]
Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- (transitive & intransitive) When you wash something, you clean it with water.
- I wash my car every day.
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Noun[change]
- 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.
- (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[change]
- (act of washing) bath
- (items being washed) laundry, dirty clothes (before washing)