wash
To make something clean by using water and usually soap.
To clean something using water, often with soap or detergent, by rubbing or immersing it.
To make yourself clean by using water and usually soap.
To clean one's own body or part of it using water, often with soap.
When something is cleaned using water and usually soap.
An act or process of cleaning something with water and often soap or detergent.
When water moves something onto or away from a place.
To be carried or driven by flowing water onto, into, or away from something.
A light layer of paint or color put on a surface.
A thin layer of diluted paint, ink, or color applied lightly over a surface, often in art or design.
Clothes or other things that need to be washed.
Clothes, linens, or similar items that are being cleaned or need to be cleaned with water and detergent.
- Base: wash
- Plural: wash, washes
- Base: wash
- 3rd Person Singular: washes
- Present Participle: washing
- Past: washed
come out in the wash
1Problems resolve naturally over time
When problems are not serious and will be fixed naturally with time.
- Don't worry about that mistake—it'll all come out in the wash.
- Minor disagreements usually come out in the wash.
throw in the wash
1Put clothes in washing machine to clean them with water and detergent
To put clothes in a washing machine to clean them with water and soap or detergent.
- I'll throw your shirt in the wash with mine.
- These towels need to be thrown in the wash.
wash away
1Remove by flowing water
When moving water carries something away completely.
- The heavy rain washed away the bridge.
- Floodwaters washed away the crops.
wash out
1Remove from inside with water
To clean inside something by using water to take dirt or other things out.
- She washed out the bottle before refilling it.
- Please wash out the cup after use.
wash up
1Clean hands and face with water
To clean your hands and face with water before or after doing something like eating or cooking.
- Go wash up before dinner.
- He washed up after working in the garden.