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Without a clear picture of where the military's covert forces are operating and what they are doing, Americans may not even recognize the consequences of and blowback from our expanding secret wars as they wash over the world.
Nick Turse

Meaning of "wash over" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WASH OVER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WASH OVER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wash over is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES WASH OVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of wash over in the English dictionary

The definition of wash over in the dictionary is to affect suddenly and profoundly. Other definition of wash over is to have little effect on.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WASH OVER

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE WASH OVER

all over
carry over
come over
get over
go over
hand over
hold over
hung over
look over
make over
over
over and over
piss all over
pull over
ride roughshod over
roll over
run over
take over
turn over
win over
work over

Synonyms and antonyms of wash over in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wash over» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WASH OVER

Find out the translation of wash over to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wash over 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 over» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

洗净比
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lavar sobre
570 millions of speakers

English

wash over
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधिक धोने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يغسل على
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

омывать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lavar mais
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপর ধোয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

laver plus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Basuh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

waschen über
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オーバー洗う
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이상 세척
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngumbah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rửa hơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேல் கழுவவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धुवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yıka
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lavare over
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

umyć się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

омивати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spele peste
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλύνετε πάνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

was oor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skölja över
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skylle over
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wash over

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WASH OVER»

The term «wash over» is regularly used and occupies the 92.031 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WASH OVER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wash over» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wash over» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wash over

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4 QUOTES WITH «WASH OVER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wash over.
1
Mary Hansen
When I go to a film, you're taking it easy and you let things wash over you. That's what cinema's all about. You get involved in a world that's being created in front of you.
2
Hugh Laurie
Driving a motorcycle is like flying. All your senses are alive. When I ride through Beverly Hills in the early morning, and all the sprinklers have turned off, the scents that wash over me are just heavenly. Being House is like flying, too. You're free of the gravity of what people think.
3
Lizzo
Seeing people catch a feeling in their spirit and sprint the aisles of the church while my cousins played driving, uplifting gospel stuck with me. I let that same feeling wash over me when I experience and perform music.
4
Nick Turse
Without a clear picture of where the military's covert forces are operating and what they are doing, Americans may not even recognize the consequences of and blowback from our expanding secret wars as they wash over the world.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WASH OVER»

Discover the use of wash over in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wash over and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Faith Wash Over Me
Joanna Johnson. White boats lay abandoned on their sides. The dried-up bay revealed dark blue puddles of water on the sea floor, along with coral drying in the sun. Fish flopped on the sand, and local residents and tourists picked them up ...
Joanna Johnson, 2013
2
Leonardo Da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man
Corpus of the Anatomical Studies in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, 2 vols and facsimiles, London 1979-80 fol. ir The bones of 'the foot, and the superficial anatomy o/the shoulder Pen and ink with wash, over ...
Martin Clayton, Ronald Philo, 2010
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Somerset House Gazette, and Literary Museum; Or, Weekly ...
Touch in with the stopping mixture the sharp and prominent parts of the brightest lights : let them dry a few minutes, then wash over them with the teints of the next degree of light. 3rdly. Stop with the mixture the second order of touches, and ...
William Henry Pyne, 1824
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Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me
As the waves got larger, rain started to fall in torrents and the lagoon began to wash over the beaches while the current in the channel became swifter and swifter until it must have been racing past us at twenty knots. On the main island the ...
Marlon Brando, 2011
5
Oriental Watercolor Techniques: For Contemporary Painting
Finally, the most familiar problem in trying to lay one wash over another is not giving the base wash enough time to dry thoroughly. Too often, through the artist's impatience to "get at it," a wash is drawn across what seems to be a dry wash ...
Frederick Wong, 2000
6
American Nations: Encounters in Indian Country, 1850 to the ...
As the child grew up, his name changed several times (as custom dictated) until he came to be known as William Wash. Over the course of his long life, Wash became a leading player in Ute affairs as well as a major go- between in his ...
Frederick E. Hoxie, Peter C. Mancall, James Hart Merrell, 2001
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Your First Steps in Watercolor: Materials & Step-by-step ...
Then create a slightly darker wash of crimson and apply a flat wash over the fairy's wings, leaving white along the outer edges of the upper wings. Next, apply a light wash of ultramarine to fill in the areas between the tree branches. Paint one ...
Walter Foster Creative Team, 2011
8
I Need a Man's Pants to Wash
She said, "I need a man's pants to wash?" Over the years I have toyed with the idea of using her words in my creative endeavors. In the aftermath of divorce I have become a motivational speaker, fiber artist, and author. The lectures I give and ...
Eckert, Lorie Kleiner
9
Concise Description of Islamic Law and Legal Opinions
... it is practically (or medically) impossible to remove them or to wash the wound, then one must wash over the plaster and the bandage and around the wound or cut. It is reprehensible to seek somebody's help by asking him to pour over ...
Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan Ṭūsī, 2008
10
Breeding and Foraging Ecology of American Oystercatchers in ...
To assess the possibility that flooding may have affected nests, I buried plastic cups (350 ml) near each nest. These wash-over cups were oriented horizontal to and parallel with the nest bowl and contained holes along the edge that allowed  ...
Janet Marie Thibault, 2008

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WASH OVER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wash over is used in the context of the following news items.
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Reality TV star 'Memphitz' accused of pulling gun at car wash over
A former music executive and reality television star is accused of pulling a gun at a north Fulton County car wash and demanding his marijuana be returned, ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jun 15»
2
Man's body found in Las Vegas Wash over weekend
Police are considering the death of a man suspicious after his body was found during the weekend in the Las Vegas Wash east of downtown. Officer Larry ... «Las Vegas Sun, Dec 13»

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