"ablute" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈbluːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈblut/ [US] Forms: ablutes [present, singular, third-person], abluting [participle, present], abluted [participle, past], abluted [past]
Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: Back-formation of ablution. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₃-}}, {{back-form|en|ablution}} Back-formation of ablution Head templates: {{en-verb}} ablute (third-person singular simple present ablutes, present participle abluting, simple past and past participle abluted)
  1. (intransitive, colloquial) To wash oneself. Tags: colloquial, intransitive Translations (to wash oneself): vaske [reflexive] (Norwegian Bokmål), att tvaga sig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ablute-en-verb-Dxg3sUi- Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'to wash oneself': 80 20
  2. (transitive, colloquial) To wash. Tags: colloquial, transitive Translations (to wash): vaske (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-ablute-en-verb-1XWyhUAg Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'to wash': 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ablutive, unabluted

Inflected forms

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