"wash" meaning in English

See wash in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wɒʃ/ [UK], /wɑʃ/ [US] Audio: en-us-wash.ogg [US], En-uk-to wash.ogg [UK] Forms: wash [singular], washes [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|wash|washes}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The act of washing.
    Sense id: simple-wash-en-noun-Q86H~wGA
  2. The items for washing, before, after, or during the washing.
    Sense id: simple-wash-en-noun-WRGrEG-n
  3. A failure.
    Sense id: simple-wash-en-noun-Mv0nutBR
  4. With up: to be washed up is to be completely discouraged and burnt out.
    Sense id: simple-wash-en-noun-DnbyBYzY

Verb

IPA: /wɒʃ/ [UK], /wɑʃ/ [US] Audio: en-us-wash.ogg [US], En-uk-to wash.ogg [UK] Forms: wash [canonical], washes [third-person, singular], washed [past], washed [past, participle], washing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|wash|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you wash something, you clean it with water.
    Sense id: simple-wash-en-verb-abjre2ss
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    },
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "washed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "washed",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
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    },
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I wash my car every day."
        }
      ],
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        "When you wash something, you clean it with water."
      ],
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/wɒʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/wQS/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "sampa": "/wAS/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wash"
}

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  "forms": [
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      "form": "wash",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He gave the dog a wash."
        }
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        "The act of washing."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He threw his dirty clothes in the wash."
        },
        {
          "text": "She brought the wash in from the clothesline."
        }
      ],
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        "The items for washing, before, after, or during the washing."
      ],
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The program was a complete wash."
        },
        {
          "text": "His project is a wash."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A failure."
      ],
      "id": "simple-wash-en-noun-Mv0nutBR"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Starcraft 2 servers were down and I was all washed up."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "With up: to be washed up is to be completely discouraged and burnt out."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "tags": [
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    {
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I wash my car every day."
        }
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        "When you wash something, you clean it with water."
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/wɒʃ/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wash",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "washes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "wash",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He gave the dog a wash."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of washing."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He threw his dirty clothes in the wash."
        },
        {
          "text": "She brought the wash in from the clothesline."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The items for washing, before, after, or during the washing."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The program was a complete wash."
        },
        {
          "text": "His project is a wash."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A failure."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Starcraft 2 servers were down and I was all washed up."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "With up: to be washed up is to be completely discouraged and burnt out."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/wɒʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/wɑʃ/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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}

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