transcription, транскрипция: [ wɒʃ ]
( washes, washing, washed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you wash something, you clean it using water and usually a substance such as soap or detergent.
He got a job washing dishes in a pizza parlour...
It took a long time to wash the mud out of his hair...
Rub down the door and wash off the dust before applying the varnish.
VERB : V n , V n prep , V n with adv
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Wash is also a noun.
That coat could do with a wash...
The treatment leaves hair glossy and lasts 10 to 16 washes.
N-COUNT
2.
If you wash or if you wash part of your body, especially your hands and face, you clean part of your body using soap and water.
They looked as if they hadn’t washed in days...
She washed her face with cold water...
You are going to have your dinner, get washed, and go to bed.
VERB : V , V n , get V-ed
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Wash is also a noun.
She had a wash and changed her clothes.
N-COUNT : usu a N in sing
3.
If a sea or river washes somewhere, it flows there gently. You can also say that something carried by a sea or river washes or is washed somewhere.
The sea washed against the shore...
The force of the water washed him back into the cave.
VERB : V prep / adv , V n with adv , also V n prep
4.
The wash of a boat is the wave that it causes on either side as it moves through the water.
...the wash from large ships.
N-SING : the N
5.
If a feeling washes over you, you suddenly feel it very strongly and cannot control it. ( WRITTEN )
A wave of self-consciousness can wash over her when someone new enters the room...
VERB : V over/through n
6.
If you say that an excuse or idea will not wash , you mean that people will not accept or believe it. ( INFORMAL )
He said her policies didn’t work and the excuses didn’t wash...
If they believe that solution would wash with the Haitian people, they are making a dramatic error.
VERB : usu with brd-neg , V , V with n
7.
see also washing
8.
If you say that something such as an item of clothing is in the wash , you mean that it is being washed, is waiting to be washed, or has just been washed and should therefore not be worn or used. ( INFORMAL )
Your jeans are in the wash.
PHRASE : V inflects
9.
to wash your dirty linen in public: see dirty
to wash your hands of something : see hand