Wash
51wash — 1. in. to be believed. (As if untruth were a stain that will not come out in the wash.) □ It sounds phony. It won’t wash. □ That’ll never wash! It’s totally unbelievable. 2. n. a drink that follows a previous drink; a chaser. □ …
52wash up — verb 1. wash one s face and hands (Freq. 1) She freshened up in the bathroom • Syn: ↑lave • Derivationally related forms: ↑lavation (for: ↑lave), ↑washup …
53wash — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (esp. BrE) ADJECTIVE ▪ good ▪ quick ▪ car (BrE, AmE) VERB + WASH ▪ have ▪ …
54wash — 1. verb 1) he is washing in the guest bathroom Syn: clean oneself; bathe, take a bath, shower, soak, freshen up; formal perform one s ablutions 2) he washed her socks Syn: clean, cleanse, rinse, launder …
55wash up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you wash up, you wash the plates, cups, cutlery, and pans which have been used for cooking and eating a meal. [BRIT] [V P] I ran some hot water and washed up... [V P n (not pron)] I bet you make breakfast and wash up their… …
56wash up — phrasal verb Word forms wash up : present tense I/you/we/they wash up he/she/it washes up present participle washing up past tense washed up past participle washed up 1) [intransitive/transitive] British to wash plates, cups, spoons etc after a… …
57wash — A solution used to clean or bathe a part. For types of washes, see the specific term; e.g., eyewash, mouthwash. * * * Warfarin Aspirin Study of Heart Failure * * * wash wȯsh, wäsh vt 1) to cleanse by or as if by the action of liquid (as water)… …
58wash — Synonyms and related words: ablution, abstergent, acrylic painting, apply paint, aquarelle, babble, backwash, baptize, bath, bathe, baygall, be consistent, be the case, be true, be truthful, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, bog, bottom,… …
59wash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. clean, cleanse, deterge, bathe, lave; wet, soak, rinse, drench; purify; irrigate, inundate, flood; scrub, swab, launder; paint, tint, color; sweep; lap, lick; brim over, overflow. See cleanness,… …
60wash — {{11}}wash (n.) late O.E. wæsc act of washing (see WASH (Cf. wash) (v.)). Meaning clothes set aside to be washed is attested from 1789; meaning thin coat of paint is recorded from 1690s; sense of land alternately covered and exposed by the sea is …
