Meaning of "wash" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WASH

Old English wæscan, waxan; related to Old High German wascan.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF WASH

wash  [wɒʃ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WASH

Wash is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb wash in English.

WHAT DOES WASH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wash

Wash may refer to: ▪ Arroyo, also called a wash, a dry creek bed or gulch that temporarily fills with water after a heavy rain ▪ an area of Washland intended to be flooded when river levels are high! such as Cowbit Wash ▪ WASH, a water, sanitation and hygiene advocacy campaign initiated by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council ▪ WASH-FM, a Clear Channel Communications radio station ▪ Wash, the liquid produced by the fermentation step in the production of distilled beverages ▪ Wash, a light covering of diluted paint on a painting ▪ Lime wash or whitewash, a low-cost industrial paint ▪ "Wash" ▪ Wash, California, former name of Clio, California ▪ The Wash, the square-mouthed estuary on the northwest margin of East Anglia in England ▪ The Wash, a hip-hop styled film ▪ The Wash, by Philip Kan Gotanda, based on his play The Wash ▪ "Wash", a song by Pearl Jam ▪ "Wash.", A song by Bon Iver from the album Bon Iver, Bon Iver ▪ Wash, a character on Firefly...

Definition of wash in the English dictionary

The first definition of wash in the dictionary is to apply water or other liquid, usually with soap, to in order to cleanse. Other definition of wash is to remove by the application of water or other liquid and usually soap. Wash is also to be capable of being washed without damage or loss of colour.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WASH

PRESENT

Present

I wash

you wash

he/she/it washes

we wash

you wash

they wash

Present continuous

I am washing

you are washing

he/she/it is washing

we are washing

you are washing

they are washing

Present perfect

I have washed

you have washed

he/she/it has washed

we have washed

you have washed

they have washed

Present perfect continuous

I have been washing

you have been washing

he/she/it has been washing

we have been washing

you have been washing

they have been washing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I washed

you washed

he/she/it washed

we washed

you washed

they washed

Past continuous

I was washing

you were washing

he/she/it was washing

we were washing

you were washing

they were washing

Past perfect

I had washed

you had washed

he/she/it had washed

we had washed

you had washed

they had washed

Past perfect continuous

I had been washing

you had been washing

he/she/it had been washing

we had been washing

you had been washing

they had been washing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will wash

you will wash

he/she/it will wash

we will wash

you will wash

they will wash

Future continuous

I will be washing

you will be washing

he/she/it will be washing

we will be washing

you will be washing

they will be washing

Future perfect

I will have washed

you will have washed

he/she/it will have washed

we will have washed

you will have washed

they will have washed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been washing

you will have been washing

he/she/it will have been washing

we will have been washing

you will have been washing

they will have been washing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would wash

you would wash

he/she/it would wash

we would wash

you would wash

they would wash

Conditional continuous

I would be washing

you would be washing

he/she/it would be washing

we would be washing

you would be washing

they would be washing

Conditional perfect

I would have wash

you would have wash

he/she/it would have wash

we would have wash

you would have wash

they would have wash

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been washing

you would have been washing

he/she/it would have been washing

we would have been washing

you would have been washing

they would have been washing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you wash
we let´s wash
you wash

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to wash

Past participle

washed

Present Participle

washing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «WASH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «wash» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of wash

ablution · aftermath · backwash · bath · bathe · break · carry · clean · cleaning · cleanse · cleansing · coat · coating · conduct · convey · covering · dash · dip · disturb · douse · dry-clean · film · flow · hold water · lap · lather · launder · laundering · lave · layer · moisten · move · overcome · overlay · pass muster · path · perturb · plash · rinse · ripple · roll · scour · screen · scrub · shampoo · shower · slap · slipstream · soak · soap · splash · splosh · sponge · stain · stand up · stick · stir · suffusion · surge · sweep · swell · swish · take · touch · track · trail · train · transport · undulation · upset · wet

TRANSLATION OF WASH

Find out the translation of wash to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of wash from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wash» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 洗涤
• Translator English - Spanish: lavar
• English: wash
• Translator English - Hindi: धोने
• Translator English - Arabic: يَغْسِلُ
• Translator English - Russian: мыть
• Translator English - Portuguese: lavar
• Translator English - Bengali: ধোয়া
• Translator English - French: laver
• Translator English - Malay: Basuh
• Translator English - German: waschen
• Translator English - Japanese: 洗う
• Translator English - Korean: 씻다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngumbah
• Translator English - Vietnamese: rửa
• Translator English - Tamil: கழுவுதல்
• Translator English - Marathi: धुवा
• Translator English - Turkish: yıkama
• Translator English - Italian: lavare
• Translator English - Polish: umyć
• Translator English - Ukrainian: мити
• Translator English - Romanian: a (se) spăla
• Translator English - Greek: πλένω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Was
• Translator English - Swedish: tvätta
• Translator English - Norwegian: vaske

10 QUOTES WITH «WASH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wash.

1

Amanda Abbington

I sometimes don't wash my hair for two weeks. That's pretty disgusting. It's short, so sometimes it's easier to just wet it.

2

Jonas Armstrong

I only wash my jeans every eight months. I've got a pair by Nudie, and you're not supposed to wash them for eight months at a time to preserve the colour. They're really dark denim. Instead of washing, I just hang them out from time to time. It sounds a bit weird, but they're great jeans. Either those or Diesel is what you'll usually find me in.

3

Ishmael Beah

A lot of people, when they say 'forgive and forget,' they think you completely wash your brain out and forget everything. That is not the concept. What I think is you forgive and you forget so you can transform your experiences, not necessarily forget them but transform them, so that they don't haunt you or handicap you or kill you.

4

Henry Beard

You can often wash your troubles away with the right kind of bath. Throw everything you have into the tub: bubble gels, bubble oils, bubble powders, bubble gum.

5

Art Blakey

Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life.

6

Big Boi

My kids, they're like nine or ten years old right now so you give 'em responsibilities just to keep them up on things. It ain't just all about getting on the skateboard or putting your Heelys on, and swimming in the pool all the time. You gotta do stuff like wash dishes, take the trash out, feed the dog.

7

Lizzie Andrew Borden

Maggie went out of doors to wash the windows and father came out into the kitchen and said he did not know whether he would go down to the post office or not. And then I sprinkled some handkerchiefs to iron.

8

Max Brooks

Zombies have no memories of their former life. You wont see the undead trying to wash windows or do your taxes. All they know how to do is swarm and feed.

9

Herb Caen

Just two days in Manhattan and you find yourself looking for a place to wash your handkerchief after you wipe your forehead and it comes away black. Is there a dirtier or more fascinating city anywhere in the land? The answer to both parts of the question has to be positively negative.

10

Jonathan Carroll

The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WASH»

Discover the use of wash in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wash and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Wash

In this luminous debut, Margaret Wrinkle takes us on an unforgettable journey across continents and through time, from the burgeoning American South to West Africa and deep into the ancestral stories that reside in the soul.

Margaret Wrinkle, 2013

Start Your Own Car Wash

This could be your ticket to the top. Buy this book, and get started today!

Chris Simeral, Entrepreneur Press, 2003

Soak Wash Rinse Spin

Soak Wash Rinse Spin investigates the cycles of the Tolleson Design creative process through a textual and graphic layering of information involving four phases: research (the intake of as much information as they can gather), collaboration ...

Steven Tolleson, 1999

Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life

Follow Karen Maezen Miller through youthful ambition and self-absorption, beyond a broken marriage, and into the steady calm of a so-called ordinary life.

Karen Maezen Miller, 2010

The Wash

A gripping and suspense-filled murder mystery in which the tension is deftly relieved, at the right moments, by the zany doings of some of its characters.

Philip Kan Gotanda, 1991

Isabel's Car Wash

Isabel, with the help of her friends, starts a car wash business to earn enough money to purchase the object of her desire--the Nelly Longhair doll, in a rollicking introduction to investing and saving.

Sheila Bair, 2008

Psychiatric Nursing Skills: A Patient-centred Approach

Aiming to retain the style of the first edition, each chapter of this text has been revised to reflect developments within the field of mental-health nursing.

Graham Dexter, Michael Wash, 2000

The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm.

Trinka Hakes Noble, Steven Kellogg, 1980

The Brain Wash: A Powerful, All-Natural Program to Protect ...

Using brilliantly coloured foods and the most powerful natural medicines on earth, this book will show you how to strengthen your brain, prevent and treat disease, and enjoy your long life to its fullest.

Michelle Schoffro Cook, 2009

Mastering the Watercolor Wash

In Mastering the Watercolor Wash, Joe Garcia provides clear, simple step-by-step instructions that teach the four basic washes: flat, gradated, wet-into-wet and streaked.

Joe Garcia, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WASH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wash is used in the context of the following news items.

Collapsed I-10 bridge given an A rating just last year

Inspectors gave the eastbound portion of the Tex Wash Bridge a "sufficiency rating" of 91.5 out of 100, according to the Federal Highway Administration. «The Desert Sun, Jul 15»

Wash. 'miracle child' survives plane crash, trek through mountains

A teenager from Bellingham, Wash., is being called a “miracle child” after she survived a fiery plane crash and a daylong trek through the Cascade Mountains, ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

1 dead, 4 hurt in collapse at Wash. ice caves

SEATTLE — One person died and four people were hurt Monday in a partial collapse of the Big Four Ice Caves near Granite Falls, Snohomish County Sheriffs ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»

'It was like doomsday': Dozens flee new Central Wash. wildfire

QUINCY, Wash. - Just days after a wildfire tore through homes near Wenatchee, a new wind-driven blaze has forced about two dozen rural residents to flee their ... «KOMO News, Jul 15»

"Mind-blowing" fire in Wash. State slows a bit

WENATCHEE, Wash. - Tom Bryant watched a wildfire charge up a hillside toward his home, then turned and told his wife it was time to go. That's when the front ... «CBS News, Jun 15»

Family of immigrant killed by Wash. police gets documents

PASCO, Wash. (AP) - The family of an unarmed Mexican immigrant fatally shot by police in Pasco, Washington, has been given forensic reports and other ... «Washington Times, Jun 15»

Wash. NAACP chapter leader accused of lying about race

SPOKANE, Wash. (WHDH) - The leader of an NAACP chapter has come under fire after her parents have come forward to say she is not who she claims to be. «WHDH-TV, Jun 15»

Driver arrested in fatal Wash. crash held on $200000 bail

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A Washington man arrested in a traffic crash that killed two high school students and injured two others out walking during gym ... «Yahoo News, Jun 15»

Army veteran who ran for state senate in Washington accused of …

A former Washington senate nominee and Iraq War veteran is accused of slaying three of his in-laws whose bodies were found in a torched home, authorities ... «New York Daily News, May 15»

Unarmed stepbrothers shot by officer in Olympia, Wash. after …

What began as a call about shoplifted beer in Olympia, Wash. early Thursday led to the police shootings of two unarmed black stepbrothers and, in response, ... «New York Daily News, May 15»