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PRONUNCIATION OF WASH ONE'S HANDS

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WHAT DOES WASH ONE'S HANDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of wash one's hands in the English dictionary

The definition of wash one's hands in the dictionary is to go to the lavatory. Other definition of wash one's hands is to refuse to have anything more to do.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WASH ONE'S HANDS

wash
wash down
wash drawing
wash house
wash leather
wash load
wash one´s hands of
wash out
wash over
wash sale
wash up
wash-and-wear
wash-hand basin
wash-out
wash-wipe
Wash.
washability
washable
washateria
washaway

WORDS THAT END LIKE WASH ONE'S HANDS

change hands
clean hands
hands
hold up one´s hands
in good hands
Islands
jazz hands
join hands
laying on of hands
Netherlands
off one´s hands
on one´s hands
out of one´s hands
shake hands
show of hands
take one´s courage in both hands
take the law into one´s own hands
thousands
throw up one´s hands
with one´s bare hands

Synonyms and antonyms of wash one's hands in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wash one's hands» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WASH ONE'S HANDS

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Translator English - Chinese

洗手
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lavarse las manos
570 millions of speakers

English

wash one´s hands
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक के हाथ धोने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غسل اليدين واحد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

помыть руки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lavar as mãos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাত হাত ধোয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

se laver les mains
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Basuh tangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

waschen sich die Hände
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

手を洗う
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하나 의 손을 씻으
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngumbah tangan siji
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rửa tay của một người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒருவரின் கைகளை கழுவுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हात धुवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ellerini yıka
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lavarsi le mani
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

umycie rąk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

помити руки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

se spală pe mâini
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλύνετε τα χέρια κάποιου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

was ´n mens se hande
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tvätta händerna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vaske sine hender
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wash one's hands

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WASH ONE'S HANDS»

The term «wash one's hands» is regularly used and occupies the 82.025 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WASH ONE'S HANDS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wash one's hands

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WASH ONE'S HANDS»

Discover the use of wash one's hands in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wash one's hands and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mishnah Berurah, Vol. 6 (2B) (Reg.):
Mishnah Berurah 13 The Ba'eyr Heyteyv explains that in view of the fact that in the case of fruit cooked in water the requirement to wash one's hands is a stringency even if one eats the fruit with one's hands, one may therefore be lenient as ...
Israel Meir (ha-Kohen), Aviel Orenstein, 1987
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Cognitive Linguistics and Non-Indo-European Languages
ba`-sho ̆u (cease-hand) 'give up; stop' diu ̄-sho ̆u (toss-hand) 'wash one's hands of; give up' lia`o-sho ̆u (put/throw.down-hand) 'lay aside what one is doing; quit; throw up (one's job)' sa ̄-sho ̆u (cast-hand) 'refuse to have anything  ...
Eugene H. Casad, Gary B. Palmer, 2003
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Vollständiges Wörterbuch Der Englischen Sprache Für Die ...
Ne FZQNÞB du' Fuße nitischrit, to wash one's Hands, Feet. mit gcwasaieiien Hands. si siCbFÞflSSCsicht waschea, to wash one's are. _, _ rine Wunde MWein walchtn, ausmalctdlffi. to wash or cleanse a Wound with Wine. ' \ (figvrJ cident den ...
Johann Ebers, 1799
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Cassell英语常用词组用法词典
£^tS#JR • to wash one's hands WASH to wash one's hands of li WASH to win hands down W, WIN to wring one's hands W, WRING to wring someone's hand W , WRING under one's hand £ £A#J JKf#S£ I «*Afc*»£ whip hand £ WHIP with a ...
Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe
... one's face giziibiigiingwe vai WASH FLOORS: giziibiigisaginige vai WASH HAIR: wash one's hair giziibiigindibe 'U611 WASH HANDS: wash one's hands giziibiigininjii vai WASH KETTLE: giziibiiginakokwe vai WASH PAIL: giziibiiginakokwe ...
John D. Nichols, 1995
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A comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary
Celana jin(s) yang terbuat dari bahan denim masih popular , apalagi yang dicuci pucat . Denim jeans are still popular, above all the stonewashed ones. - ram- but to shampoo one's hair. - tangan a) to wash one's hands (with water), b) do not ...
Alan M. Stevens, 2004
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Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem
<th'exwa:tsesem>, PE ['wash one's hands'], see th'exw or th'6xw. <th'exWelesem> , PE ['brush one's teeth'], see th'exw or th'6xw. <th'exweIwetem>, PE ['washing one's clothes'], see th'exw or th'6xw. <th'exwesem>, PE /'washing one'sface, ...
Brent Douglas Galloway, 2009
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Commentators' Pesach
And the third opinion is that one need not even wash one's hands. The Shulchan Aruch (the Code of Jewish Law) in PDp "\ft>V decides the halacha in accordance with the second opinion. And yet the accepted practice, the rb*\yr\ Jron, is that ...
Sender
9
A Carib Grammar and Dictionary
... fingerlessness ainakumity [* aina kumity] /vt/ wash the hand of (w)osainakumity /vm/ wash one's hands ainamene [* i- aina -mene] /adj/ with big hands ainamerema [* aina merema] /vt/ stroke the hands of (w)osainamerema /vm/ stroke one's ...
Henk Courtz, 2008
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How the Halakhah Unfolds: Hullin in the Mishnah, Tosefta, ...
Arakh, 'This serves as a source of proof upon which the sages rest their assertion that the obligation to wash one's hands before eating is based on the authority of the Torah.'” E. Said Raba to R. Nahman, “What is to be derived from what is ...
Jacob Neusner, Tzvee Zahavy, 2010

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WASH ONE'S HANDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wash one's hands is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why you should really stop washing your hands with hot water
When you multiply that by the eight billion times Americans wash their hands each ... warm or hot water to wash one's hands," Carrico and her colleagues write. «io9, Dec 13»
2
Eww! Only 5 percent wash hands correctly
Men were particularly bad at washing their hands correctly. ... Failing to sufficiently wash one's hands contributes to nearly 50 percent of all foodborne illness ... «Michigan State University Extension, Jun 13»

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