wash

CEFRA1

/wɒʃ/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To clean something with water and usually soap.

  2. 02

    noun

    An act of cleaning with water.

Examples

  • These towels are ready for a wash.

  • Cut, wash and dry, please.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.

  2. To carry away or erode by the force of water in motion.

  3. To clean with water.

More examples

In context

  • Dishwashers wash dishes way more efficiently than most humans.

  • The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.

  • This new washing powder rlly washes bedclothes superwhite.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English wasshen, waschen, weschen (“to wash”), from Old English wascan (“to wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *waskan (“to wash”), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, *watskaną (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet, water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (“to wash”), West Frisian waskje (“to wash”), Dutch wassen, wasschen (“to wash”), Low German waschen (“to wash”), German waschen (“to wash”), Danish vaske (“to wash”), Faroese and Icelandic vaska (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Nynorsk vaske, vaska (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”). The noun is cognate with Saterland Frisian Waaske (“wash”), West Frisian wask (“wash”), Dutch...