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Definition for: wash

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English

Etymology

Old English wæscan

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /wɑʃ/ ( US ) or /wɒʃ/ ( UK )
  • SAMPA: /wAS/ ( US ) or /wQS>/ ( UK )
  • Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Verb

to wash ( third-person singular simple present washes , present participle washing , simple past washed , past participle washed )

Infinitive
to wash

Third person singular
washes

Simple past
washed

Past participle
washed

Present participle
washing

  1. To clean with water.
  2. To move by the force of water in motion (as in the flood washed away houses ).

Translations

  • Albanian: lan
  • Catalan: rentar
  • Croatian: umiti
  • Czech: mýt
  • Danish: vaske
  • Dutch: wassen
  • Esperanto: lavi
  • Finnish: pestä(1), huuhtoa(2)
  • French: laver
  • German: waschen (1), spülen (1), wegspülen (2)
  • Hebrew: לרחוץ (lirhotz) (1), לשטוף (lishtof) (1,2)
  • Hungarian: mos
  • Icelandic: þvo
  • Irish: nigh
  • Italian: lavare
  • Japanese: 洗う (あらう, arau)
  • Old English: þwēan (1)
  • Old High German: dwahan
  • Old Norse: þvó
  • Persian: شستن (shostan)
  • Rohingya: dúo
  • Romanian: a spăla
  • Romany: thovel
  • Russian: мыть (myt’)
  • Scottish Gaelic: nigh
  • Spanish: lavar (se)
  • Swedish: tvätta (sig)
  • Telugu: కడుగు (kaDugu)
  • Turkish: yıkamak

Noun

wash

  1. The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water.
  2. Ground washed away the sea or a river, or a shallow body of water.
  3. a lack of progress or regress; no change
    His first week at the new job was a wash , since he spent so much time learning the system instead of using it.

Other Translations for "wash"

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