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# wash

«wash» in Mova's school dictionary: **To clean something or someone with water and usually soap** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (wash, washes, washed, washing); noun (a wash, washes; the wash)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To clean something or someone with water and usually soap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wash/#m1)

2) To be carried by water: "The boat washed ashore." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wash/#m2)

3) As a noun, an act of washing: "Give the car a wash." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wash/#m3)

4) Clothes that are being washed: "in the wash". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wash/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In health: wash your hands with soap for 20 seconds after the toilet, before eating and after touching animals; it removes germs. In everyday life: washing up dishes, washing clothes. In science: water can wash soil away (erosion). Phrases: wash up, wash your hands, wash away, washing machine, car wash.

### examples

- Wash your hands before lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wash/#x1)
- I washed the dishes after dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wash/#x2)
- Your shirt is in the wash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wash/#x3)
- Waves washed the sandcastle away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wash/#x4)
- Wash the fruit before you eat it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wash/#x5)
- We give the dog a wash on Sundays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wash/#x6)
- Wash a cut with clean water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wash/#x7)
- Put your clothes in the washing machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wash/#x8)
- "Come and wash with me," he said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wash/#x9)

### note

He/she form: "washes" (add -es after sh). "Wash up" means wash dishes in British English, but wash your face and hands in American English. Wash with soap, not just water, to remove germs.

### In the corpora

- [Some families pay children for extra jobs, like washing the car, but tidying your own room is just part of living together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/9/)
- [Laundry means sorting colours, reading labels and choosing the right temperature; a red sock in a white wash turns everything pink.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home/8/)
- [Acrylic becomes plastic when dry and does not wash out easily, so artists wear old clothes or aprons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/16/)
- [3D pavement art uses perspective tricks so a chalk drawing looks deep from one spot; chalk washes away in the rain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism/15/)
- [A raccoon dipping food in water is feeling it, not washing it; water makes its paws even more sensitive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wash» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wash/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.