I.
noun (esp. BrE )
ADJECTIVE
▪ good
▪ quick
▪ car ( BrE , AmE )
VERB + WASH
▪ have
▪
He had a quick ~ and shave.
▪ do ( BrE , AmE )
▪
I'm doing a dark ~ ( = washing all the dark clothes together ).
▪ could do with ( BrE ), could use ( AmE ), need
▪
That car could do with a good ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~ (= being washed or waiting to be washed) ( BrE , AmE )
▪
Your shirt's in the ~.
PHRASES
▪ come out in the ~ ( BrE , AmE , figurative )
▪
This will all come out in the ~ ( = the truth will be revealed ).
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ carefully , properly ( BrE ), thoroughly
▪ gently
▪
She gently ~ed and dressed the wound.
▪ quickly
▪ frequently , regularly
▪
Hands need to be ~ed regularly with hot water.
PHRASES
▪ freshly ~ed , newly ~ed
▪
the smell of freshly ~ed hair
Wash is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ car , ↑ clothes , ↑ dish , ↑ floor , ↑ glass , ↑ hair , ↑ hand , ↑ laundry , ↑ lettuce , ↑ linen , ↑ nappy , ↑ shirt , ↑ vegetables , ↑ window