How do you use the word "wash" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "wash": Wash before first wearing. Cut, wash and dry, please.

Wash Meaning

/wɒʃ/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo clean with water.

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

Sentence Examples

Wash before first wearing.

Cut, wash and dry, please.

These towels are ready for a wash.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

rinse

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

After getting paint on his hands, he needed to ____ them with soap and water.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Please remember to ____ your hands before you start preparing the food for the dinner party this evening today.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *wodsḱéti Proto-Germanic *waskaną Proto-West Germanic *waskan Old English wascan Middle English wasshen English wash 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 was (“wash”), Low German Wask, Waske (“wash”), German Wäsche (“wash”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish vask (“wash”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Wash the vegetables, drain off the surplus water, and pack them in a keg, crock, or other utensil until it is nearly full" — 1917, Lester Angell Round, Harold Locke Lang, Preservation of vegetables by fermentation and salting, page 9:

"If using celery or okra, wash the vegetables in safe water." — 1971, Homemaking Handbook: For Village Workers in Many Countries, page 101:

"Wash the vegetables thoroughly; even a little dirt can contain bacteria. Wash vegetables individually under running water." — 2010, Catherine Abbott, The Everything Grow Your Own Vegetables Book: Your Complete Guide to planting, tending, and harvesting vegetables, Everything Books, →ISBN, page 215:

"fresh-blown roses washed with dew" — a. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:

"[the landscape] washed with a cold, grey mist" — 1858 October 16, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Courtship of Miles Standish”, in The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:

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