wash up

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [wosh, wawsh uhp]
- /wɒʃ, wɔʃ ʌp/
- /wɒʃ ʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wosh, wawsh uhp]
- /wɒʃ, wɔʃ ʌp/

Definitions of wash up words

noun wash up the act or process of washing with water or other liquid: to give the car a wash. 1
noun wash up a quantity of clothes, linens, etc., washed, or to be washed, at one time: a heavy wash. 1
noun wash up a liquid with which something is washed, wetted, colored, overspread, etc.: She gave the room a wash of pale blue. 1
noun wash up the flow, sweep, dash, or breaking of water: The wash of the waves had drenched us. 1
noun wash up the sound made by this: listening to the wash of the Atlantic. 1
noun wash up water moving along in waves or with a rushing movement: the wash of the incoming tide. 1

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Origin of wash up

First appearance:

before 1865

One of the 28% newest English words

First recorded in 1865-70; noun use of verb phrase wash up

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Parts of speech for Wash up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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wash up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for wash up

verb wash up

ante up — If you ante up an amount of money, you pay your share, sometimes unwillingly.
avail oneself of — to make use of to one's advantage
bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.

noun wash up

grooming — a bridegroom.

All 18 Synonyms of wash up