"wash down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: washes down [present, singular, third-person], washing down [participle, present], washed down [participle, past], washed down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wash down (third-person singular simple present washes down, present participle washing down, simple past and past participle washed down)
  1. (transitive) To help to swallow (something, especially food or a pill) by drinking a liquid. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Food and drink Translations (to help to swallow by drinking a liquid): altrinki (Esperanto), herunterspülen (German), leöblít (Hungarian), bajar (Spanish), acompañar (Spanish), lavar la garganta (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wash_down-en-verb-RO6zlHfP Disambiguation of Food and drink: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'to help to swallow by drinking a liquid': 97 1 2
  2. (transitive) To wash (something) completely from top to bottom. Tags: transitive Translations (to wash something completely): lemos (Hungarian), dopierać [imperfective] (Polish), doprać [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-wash_down-en-verb-6gRxEe5s Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of 'to wash something completely': 0 93 7
  3. (transitive) To send (something) down the drain by washing action. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-wash_down-en-verb-jtVtly9t Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 38 56 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 13 27 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 30 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 25 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 22 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 12 23 65 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 24 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 20 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 26 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 19 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: washdown [noun] Related terms: downwash

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To help to swallow (something, especially food or a pill) by drinking a liquid."
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      "sense": "to help to swallow by drinking a liquid",
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      "sense": "to help to swallow by drinking a liquid",
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      "sense": "to help to swallow by drinking a liquid",
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      "sense": "to help to swallow by drinking a liquid",
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