"do the dishes" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: does the dishes [present, singular, third-person], doing the dishes [participle, present], did the dishes [past], done the dishes [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> the dishes}} do the dishes (third-person singular simple present does the dishes, present participle doing the dishes, simple past did the dishes, past participle done the dishes)
  1. (intransitive) to wash up dirty crockery (plates and dishes) and cutlery (knives, forks, and spoons) Tags: intransitive Synonyms: do the washing-up Translations (to wash up dishes): мия чинии (mija činii) (Bulgarian), escurar (Catalan), rentar els plats (Catalan), 洗碗 (xǐwǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 洗餐具 (xǐ cānjù) (Chinese Mandarin), mýt nádobí (Czech), vaske op (Danish), de afwas doen (Dutch), afwassen (Dutch), tiskata (Finnish), pestä astiat (Finnish), faire la vaisselle (French), faire la plonge [slang] (French), abwaschen (German), spülen (German), mosogat (Hungarian), elmosogat (Hungarian), vaska upp (Icelandic), na soithí a ní (Irish), lavare i piatti (Italian), fare i piatti (Italian), 皿を洗う (sara o arau) (alt: さらをあらう) (Japanese), 食器類を洗う (shokkirui o arau) (alt: しょっきるいをあらう) (Japanese), 皿洗いをする (saraarai o suru) (alt: さらあらいをする) (Japanese), 설거지하다 (seolgeojihada) (Korean), laver les vaissieaux (Norman), vaske opp (Norwegian), zmywać [imperfective] (Polish), lavar a louça (Portuguese), мыть посу́ду (mytʹ posúdu) [imperfective] (Russian), помы́ть посу́ду (pomýtʹ posúdu) [perfective] (Russian), fregar (Spanish), lavar los platos (Spanish), lavar la loza (Spanish), diska (Swedish), hugasan ang mga pinggan (Tagalog), ล้างจาน (Thai), gwneud y llestri (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
          "word": "escurar"
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
          "word": "spülen"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
          "word": "na soithí a ní"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
          "word": "lavar a louça"
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          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
          "word": "fregar"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
          "word": "lavar los platos"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
          "word": "lavar la loza"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
          "word": "diska"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
          "word": "hugasan ang mga pinggan"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
          "word": "ล้างจาน"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to wash up dishes",
          "word": "gwneud y llestri"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mija činii",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "мия чинии"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "escurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "rentar els plats"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xǐwǎn",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "洗碗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xǐ cānjù",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "洗餐具"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "mýt nádobí"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "vaske op"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "de afwas doen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "afwassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "tiskata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "pestä astiat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "faire la vaisselle"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "faire la plonge"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "abwaschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "spülen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "mosogat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "elmosogat"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "vaska upp"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "na soithí a ní"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "lavare i piatti"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "fare i piatti"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さらをあらう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sara o arau",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "皿を洗う"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょっきるいをあらう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shokkirui o arau",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "食器類を洗う"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さらあらいをする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saraarai o suru",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "皿洗いをする"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seolgeojihada",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "설거지하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "laver les vaissieaux"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "vaske opp"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zmywać"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "lavar a louça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mytʹ posúdu",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "мыть посу́ду"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pomýtʹ posúdu",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "помы́ть посу́ду"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "fregar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "lavar los platos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "lavar la loza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "diska"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "hugasan ang mga pinggan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "ล้างจาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to wash up dishes",
      "word": "gwneud y llestri"
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