I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a washing machine (= for washing clothes )
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Put your dirty clothes straight in the washing machine.
a wave sweeps/washes over sb (= someone suddenly experiences a feeling or emotion )
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A sudden wave of joy swept over her.
brush off/wash off/clean off the dirt
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Wash the dirt off those boots before you come in.
car wash
dirty clothes/washing/laundry
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She circled the bedroom, picking up dirty clothes.
do/wash the dishes
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I’ll just do the dishes before we go.
need a (good) wash/clean/cut etc (= ought to be washed, cleaned etc )
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His hair needs a wash.
wash your hair
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He showered and washed his hair.
wash your hands
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Go wash your hands before dinner.
washed ashore
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Several dead birds had been washed ashore.
washing day
washing line (= line for hanging wet clothes on to dry )
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She hung the clothes out on the washing line .
washing line
washing machine
washing powder
washing soda
wash/mop the floor
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The floor needs mopping.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
ashore
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Battered by 50 knot winds and seven-metre seas, the Ambrosia was later washed ashore in Aberdeenshire.
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Meanwhile, residents have been reporting pieces of the wreckage washing ashore .
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Such was the rorqual whale, 64 feet long with a 12 foot tail, washed ashore in 1879.
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Hapless, hopelessly clumsy Gilligan is washed ashore along with the competent, self-assured skipper.
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All these bits and pieces washed ashore .
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State officials also reported a dead sea turtle had washed ashore .
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Rubbish is discarded; that from boats is washed ashore and there is greater disturbance of the animal life.
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Only two men washed ashore alive.
■ NOUN
blood
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There she wept for her sins and her tears washed away the blood .
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Akiko, the minister cried, the sins of the body will be washed away by the blood of the lamb.
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It refreshed Jimmy, though, washing the blood from his eyes.
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We began washing the blood from my sides and Polly began peeling the sheet away from me.
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With her tongue she tried to wash off the blood that covered him.
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The mangled bus had been quickly hauled away and the streets washed clean of blood .
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The grim look on his young face as she washed off the dried blood frightened her.
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Stepmother Edna pretended that no problem existed, washing out the blood from my clothes with astounding tolerance.
body
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They drain off as much blood as possible and wash the body with sour wine.
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The tight smell of men who have not washed their bodies or known clean clothes.
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The embalmer washes the body with germicidal soap and replaces the blood with embalming fluid to preserve the body.
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Staff can touch the body provided they wear disposable gloves, although they should not wash the body.
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People washed their bodies daily, not weekly.
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Tom gently washed Willie's body again and smoothed witch-hazel on to the sore spots.
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Rubbing handfuls of small pebbles against my head and skin, I washed my hair and body until I felt raw.
car
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Consider sentences 16 and 17: 16 Arthur washed and polished the car . 17.
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Got ta wash the car and get it all waxed.
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You know, wash a car with one hand and feed a bottle to a tiger cub with the other.
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Maybe you delivered papers or washed cars .
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Moura, who washed cars for a living, denied killing her.
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He had a deal going where you put a token in a machine and it washes your car .
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Moran washed and polished the car , even cleared rusted machinery from around the house.
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Do you have to wash the cars if you drive them?
clothes
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Encourage residents to wash and iron their clothes where their eyesight and co-ordination are good.
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When she was pregnant, she washed clothes .
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You were only allowed to wash your clothes once a week.
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Rex, unperturbed, quickly stripped off naked to wash himself and his clothes in the deluge of fresh water.
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He had washed his bloodstained clothes , and the next day scrubbed blood from his trainers.
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He would not let her wash his work clothes .
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Then he calmly washed his clothes and had a bath.
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Even in liberated Scandinavia, it is women who feed the family, wash the clothes , and care for the children.
face
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But he washed his face with cold water, and he began to feel much better.
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We wash our face and hands.
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She washed her face and smoothed cream over her skin.
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Fascinated, I watched as they washed their faces and carefully applied makeup every morning.
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He washed his face in the perfume that was her love for him.
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Water washed off her bloated face , eyes bulged, an aborted gasp, her nose and upper lip already gone.
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Della stopped crying and she washed her face .
floor
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A cleaning woman was laboriously washing the marble floor of the foyer.
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We spent the day washing windows five floors above the ground.
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A woman's washing the floor with a mop and a bucket.
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Anwar asked Changez and me to wash the floor of the shop, thinking that perhaps I could successfully supervise him.
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It spilled from the safety deposit boxes and washed over the floors of the rooms.
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We washed the blood-stained floors , while my wife and other missionary workers helped in the wards and the laundry.
foot
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They would soon be arrested for indulging in some pornographic practice when they were only wanting to wash one another's feet .
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To pass along one of them, he has offered to wash lawyers' feet .
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A delicate oriental nurse washed my feet with antiseptic and chatted while the locally injected anaesthetic took effect.
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A third was washing his feet in the toilet.
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Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet , you also should wash one another's feet.
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I was washing Hugh's feet .
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We passed the mosque and saw, through the gateway, men washing their feet .
hair
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I wash my hair and leave it to dry naturally.
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Last night she had washed her hair in the metal tub, and today it shone.
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We had to wash our own hair and mend our own clothes.
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I took a shower and washed my hair with his yucca blossom shampoo.
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Anne stayed at home for a week, saw nobody, and washed her hair every day.
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There was no indoor plumbing, so I had to wash my hair by a community well.
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She moaned shakily, the water washing her hair around her face like a golden fan.
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I ask Doi-san if I may wash her hair but she refuses.
hand
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Tell the kids to wash their hands and come in here when the programme's ended.
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You must never drop it on the floor and never touch it without washing your hands and face.
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Children should always wash their hands before handling food, particularly if they've recently been in contact with pets.
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Like those people who keep washing their hands over and over.
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Rabia washed her own hands and dried them.
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I wash my hands quickly and flee from the restroom.
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He'd had time to wash his hands and take off his rubber gloves and apron.
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In the office, he went directly to the minuscule bathroom and washed his face and hands .
machine
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All were tested with each stain remover and machine washed afterwards.
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He had a deal going where you put a token in a machine and it washes your car.
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Product performance was then compared with the effect of machine washing alone, using Persil Automatic Biological Action.
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It's the strongest natural fabric and can stand very high temperatures and be machine washed .
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Because of the corrosive nature of some machine washing agents some care should be exercised on items selected for this form of disinfection.
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It enables the blanket to be machine washed just like any other blanket.
mouth
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They swore, too, Ida had said, needing their mouths washed out with strong soap and water.
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I would say that Michael Irvin should have his mouth washed out with soap.
sea
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Then we watched the names being washed out as the sea came in and felt sad.
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Joe had discovered that at least twenty per cent of these water containers were gone, washed away by the sea .
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These could, like the venture in the West Country, reclaim sediments washed out to sea from industrial works.
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If so, they have been washed away by the sea .
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Satan's bride was washed back from the sea to tempt the men of the land, to betray them.
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Dennis Garvey's body was washed up from the sea four days later.
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Tempting little offshore islands, washed by warm blue seas - it seemed almost too good to be true!
water
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The waves get higher and higher and the water washes over and almost sinks Kevin.
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Earl Varney was squatting over the creek, dipping a stockinged foot into the water to wash his socks.
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She moaned shakily, the water washing her hair around her face like a golden fan.
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And both Yosemite and SequoiaKing National Parks became inaccessible as rising water washed out their main access roads but created new waterfalls.
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After removing the pan or urinal, give the patient a bowl and water for washing their hands.
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Within a minute he was making a fire so that Susan could have warm water to wash in.
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The warm water washed over her face and body.
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Here, the continuing water diuresis may have washed out the medullary concentration gradient and led to a protracted concentrating defect.
wave
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She heard the indrawn breath hiss sharply through his teeth, and felt the wave of emotion that washed over him.
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But the wave simply came, washed into the bamboos, and passed on.
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As the wave washes the board shorewards, the rig resists this movement by digging in and sometimes catching the bottom.
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She tried to think, but waves of agony kept washing over her, dulling her mind.
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The breaking waves were washing clear across the midships space between the cabins.
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He was struggling to keep conscious as red-hot waves of nausea washed over him.
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He barely looked at me, but a wave of heat washed over me.
■ VERB
help
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Willie dressed and helped Tom wash his sheets and pyjama trousers.
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Afterwards, she helped Penelope wash the dishes, commenting that she had been a dishwasher also at one time.
need
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You'd need to be washing them every five minutes.
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Dishes only need to be washed once a week, because most of them are not really dirtied after use.
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She did need a shower to wash away the tension from a day that had been too full of emotion.
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I can both cook and eat out of it, and it seldom needs to be washed .
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That then needs washing off, proving that the admen have got us every time.
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Hair also gets dirtier in cities, so you need to wash hair more often.
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It is a myth, put about by parents and soap manufacturers, that we need soap in order to wash .
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They swore, too, Ida had said, needing their mouths washed out with strong soap and water.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
wash your dirty linen/laundry
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Wash your face and brush your teeth.
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Could you wash this shirt for me?
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Harry went upstairs to wash .
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Have you boys washed your hands yet?
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I just need to wash before dinner.
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I really must wash the car this weekend.
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I seem to spend all my time washing and ironing these days.
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My jeans need to be washed.
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She was washing her hair when the phone rang.
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The spinach leaves should be washed in cold water.
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When we moved in, we spent a whole day washing all the floors and paintwork.
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You ought to wash that sweater by hand.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He rolled, sprang on to his feet, and started to wash himself.
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I wished for a new dress as I washed and ironed my old yellow home-made mini for the hundredth time.
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In the bathroom, I washed myself.
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The women undressed and washed her, thickening the shadows with prayer.
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Use a soft bristle brush to loosen the grime and if possible a sprayer to wash it all off.
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You could go over and see it, like a big whale washed up on the shore.
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You were only allowed to wash your clothes once a week.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
good
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Rains like these were an opportunity for a good wash , no doubt, and a bit of messing about.
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They knew that, like the Dickensian waif, a good wash and new clothes would reveal an angelic face.
quick
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I dashed past her and, stopping a safe distance away, I had a quick wash and watched her and Marcus.
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Programmes include intensive, gentle and quick washes and a time-delay feature.
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That gave her time to go for a quick wash .
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Ten minutes flew by but we managed to unpack, have a quick wash and change.
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He had a quick wash and shave, put on a clean shirt and hurried out to his car.
■ VERB
give
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The cherry red formica-faced sink unit had been given a wash down.
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Then give it another wash with moss killer to keep it clean.
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When I got home with it, I gave it a wash , and tried it out almost immediately.
need
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I had tried to excuse our conduct by telling him we had just needed a wash .
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Judy figures it will be needing a wash job.
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His black hair needs a wash .
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I know it needs a wash , but I have to.
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Her hair needs a wash , skin shines on nose, bones and muscles lie beneath pallid skin.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
have (got) the TV/radio/washing machine etc on
wash your dirty linen/laundry
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an anti-bacterial face wash
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He looks as if he could do with a good wash .
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The floor needs a wash .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I painted such areas first and then worked around and/or over with diluted washes.
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It is built up in very thin washes.
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Water would shoot down the mountainsides and down the washes at 10-20 times the volume of a typical storm.