WASH

[noun] [U]Those curtains need a good wash (= need to be washed).You look as if you need a good wash - whatever have you been doing?The paintwork in the kitchen could do with a wash - it gets very greasy.To have a wash is to wash your body or a part of it.I haven't had a wash for days.To do a wash is to clean clothes, sheets, etc., esp. in a washing machine.Are you doing a wash tonight?The wash refers to all the clothes that are washed together, esp. in a washing machine.Can I put this shirt in with the white wash?"Where's my pink shirt?" "It's in the wash" (= being washed or in a pile of clothes that is going to be washed).The wash is also US for the washing.